The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, announced a proposal for an alternative judicial reform to the one promoted by the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu, which seeks to increase the control of the Executive over Justice and is seen by the opposition and broad sectors of society as an attack on democracy.
“A total agreement is impossible, but a broad agreement on legal issues is what we must aspire to at this critical moment. Israeli democracy is the founding foundation of our State,” Herzog said in an appearance in which he unveiled his plan. baptized as “Popular Directive for the Reforms in the Judicial System”.
The government judicial reform, which essentially undermines the independence of the Justice, has provoked the largest protests in the history of Israel for ten consecutive weeks, reaching a record half a million people last Saturday.