{"id":1981631,"date":"2023-07-24T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahus-judicial-reform-gamble-puts-him-on-collision-course-with-mossad\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T18:32:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:32:39","slug":"netanyahus-judicial-reform-gamble-puts-him-on-collision-course-with-mossad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahus-judicial-reform-gamble-puts-him-on-collision-course-with-mossad\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu&#8217;s risky judicial reform clashes with Mossad."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahus-judicial-reform-gamble-puts-him-on-collision-course-with-mossad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981631&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s\u2064 coalition passes law limiting Supreme Court\u2019s power<\/h2>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s coalition has recently \u200dpassed a law that limits the\u2062 power \u200bof the\u200d Supreme Court. This majority-rule vote has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahus-judicial-reform-gamble-puts-him-on-collision-course-with-mossad\/\" title=\"Netanyahu's risky judicial reform clashes with Mossad.\">sparked deep internal doubts<\/a> about the health of Israel&#8217;s democratic system. The move has raised \u200cconcerns about the future of checks and balances in the country&#8217;s \u200cgovernance.<\/p>\n<h3>A risky gamble<\/h3>\n<p>According to Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Netanyahu\u200d is taking a gamble with this\u200b decision. He is \u200cbetting that it will not have far-reaching effects on \u200cIsraeli \u200bsociety \u2064and security. However,\u2062 the\u200d outcome \u200cremains uncertain, and the consequences are unknown.<\/p>\n<h2>Opposition and concerns<\/h2>\n<p>Netanyahu&#8217;s allies pushed ahead \u2064with the legislation, despite \u2064an opposition boycott, to deprive \u2063the Israeli Supreme Court of its \u2064customary power to overturn government decisions. This has sparked concerns among many Israeli\u2063 voters, including military\u200b reservists, who\u2064 fear that it could compromise the system of checks and balances. Danny Citrinowicz, a former career Israel Defense \u200bIntelligence official,\u200b warns that any decision made by the Supreme Court will\u2062 be problematic and could\u200c lead to \u200ba constitutional crisis or unprecedented measures\u200c that undermine the \u2062readiness of the Israel Defense Forces.<\/p>\n<h3>US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-democrats-worried-about-cornel-wests-third-party-2024-bid\/\" title=\"Concerns arise among Democrats over Cornel West's independent run in 2024.\">officials express concerns<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>US officials, including President Biden, have expressed their concerns about\u200d such a \u2064fundamental change being made through a party-line \u2063vote. \u2062They believe that \u2064major changes in a democracy\u2063 should have broad consensus. Talks are ongoing to\u2064 forge a broader compromise, \u2062even with the Knesset in \u200crecess.<\/p>\n<h2>Protests and opposition leaders<\/h2>\n<p>The passage \u2063of this law has\u200d sparked intense street protests and\u200d raised the specter of \u2062a constitutional crisis. Israeli union officials are even discussing a proposal to go on \u200dstrike until the government backs down. Opposition leader Yair \u2063Lapid criticizes \u2063Netanyahu&#8217;s attempts to reduce pressure and put the \u200cprotests to sleep, calling it &#8220;another lie.&#8221; \u200bProtest leaders compare \u2062Netanyahu \u2062to Russian President \u2064Vladimir Putin, and there may be a\u2062 political break with the Israeli\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-attorney-sidney-powell-confirms-alleged-dominion-servers-in-germany-were-confiscated-video\/\" title=\"HUGE! Attorney Sidney Powell CONFIRMS Alleged Dominion Servers in Germany Were Confiscated -- VIDEO\">intelligence community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Warnings from\u200d the intelligence community<\/h3>\n<p>The Israeli intelligence community, including Mossad chief David Barnea, \u200bhas warned about the potential \u2062consequences of this overhaul. Former Mossad\u200d chief Yossi Cohen emphasizes the importance of protecting \u2062the\u200c citizens of Israel and expresses concern about \u2064the state&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>The message \u200cfrom the \u200dintelligence community, particularly the apparent leak from Barnea&#8217;s camp, could lead to a\u200d backlash that \u2064surpasses the previous \u200dprotests.\u200b The \u200bopposition\u2064 could \u200cbe ignited in ways \u200cthat have not been seen\u2063 before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s coalition has successfully passed a law curbing the Supreme Court\u2019s authority. This majority-rule decision has intensified concerns about the state of Israel&#8217;s democracy. Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, believes Netanyahu is taking a risky bet, hoping it won&#8217;t have long-term consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1981632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1981631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}