Debate in Israel Over the Power of Judges Echoes in the West

High court has an ambition for judicial authority far beyond anything claimed by the bench in any other serious democracy.

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Israelis protest outside the Knesset at Jerusalem, February 13, 2023. AP/Ohad Zwigenberg

It was my privilege to have a public discussion in Toronto this week with the eminent Israeli-American journalist Caroline Glick on the immense controversy now raging in Israel over the Israeli government’s radical proposals for reforming the judicial system. That debate raises questions that will have to be addressed by many countries, including Canada. 

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