Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made an assessment to British Channel 4 regarding the controversial judicial regulation passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government through the Parliament.
“THIS IS A SERIOUS THREAT AS NEVER BEFORE”
Known for his support for the protests that have continued since January against the law that would lift the Supreme Court’s control over the executive in Israel, Olmert said, “This is a more serious threat than ever before. We are heading towards civil war.” said.
“The government has decided to threaten the foundations of Israeli democracy, and this is something we can neither accept nor tolerate,” said Olmert, who used the phrase “civil disobedience” despite the country’s stability and the possibility of losing the government’s ability to govern. he said.
DISCUSSIVE JURISDICTION
The “judicial reform” announced by Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin on January 5 includes various bills such as limiting the powers of the Supreme Court and the power to have a say in judicial appointments.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on March 27 that he postponed the judicial regulation, which led to increasing mass protests and strikes across the country, but announced that they would bring the judicial regulation back to the agenda after the 2023-2024 budget was passed by the Parliament at the end of May.
The government had recently pushed the button again for judicial regulation after negotiations with the opposition stalled.
The draft law that will remove the Supreme Court’s control over the government within the scope of the controversial judicial regulation was accepted in the Parliament today despite all the reactions of the political and social opposition.
More than 10 thousand reservists in Israel announced that they would leave their volunteer army duty to protest the government’s judicial regulation.
Names who held high positions in politics, army, security, economy and judiciary in Israel declared that they were against the government’s judicial regulation.
Protests against the Netanyahu government’s judicial regulation in Israel have been going on for 7 months.
Source: AA