Some Israeli user of the forum can explain why people are so mad about that?
I never voted for Netanyahu , but like every citizen in a democracy , swallowed the fact he was elected.
Now it is different.
His coalition are making changes in the ballance of power between the Goverment and the Supreme court.
The protests are about demoracy. Something Israelis would never compromise on.
It is important to understand that in Israel we do not have , like in other democracies , a constitution or a Declaration of Independence like in the US , that sets rules , limits the goverment , and protects basic human rights.
What we do have , is a strong supreme court that can interfere in Goverment decissions.
Israelis object to that " Judicoal reform " not just cuase they are simply bad laws that hurts our democracy .
Even those that support those changes believe that such changes can only be made , by wide agreement beetween Government and opposition.
It is true that an elected Goverment has the right to make laws , but it can not just trample over the minority nor force upon them laws that change the basic rules pf the game. Democracy is not the tyranny of the majority over the minority.
As it stands now :
The majority of the public are against this legeslation and the way those changes are done.
If there was an election now , Netanyahu and his Coalition would loose for sure. But elections are three years away and till than we only have public pressure and the Supreme Court to keep the Government in line.
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