In Israel, a “true civil warwhere human life is at risk. And those who do not believe it “have no idea”, its president has declared alarmed Isaac Herzog. In a strange and somber statement, the Israeli politician has announced a set of alternative measures to the controversial judicial reform plan promoted by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. But the current head of the Executive has rejected the proposal, reducing the possibility of ending the crisis interna that the country suffers. Again, the citizenship Israeli has taken to the streets to protest against Netanyahu’s refusal.
With his proposal called ‘Frame of the People’Herzog has tried this Wednesday to end the government’s plans to radically reform the judicial system in their favor, gaining power for the executive and the legislature. “This framework protects each and every citizen of Israel, protects Israel as a Jewish and democratic state”, he declared on television, while urging both sides to “not destroy the country”. Since Netanyahu returned to office with a far-right executive and introduced his judicial reform, much of Israeli society has embraced what they see as upholding the rule of law.
“Key Sections of the Outline You Presented [Herzog] only perpetuate the existing situation and they do not provide the required balance to the Israeli authorities”, Netanyahu has been quick to declare in Twitter. “This is the unfortunate truth,” he pointed out regarding the president’s proposal. Government representatives have accused Herzog of siding with the opposition. The president has justified himself by saying that everything he did was “for the sake of finding a broad consensus in Israeli society, and as quickly as possible, to avoid division between us.” His gesture is unusualsince his position does not have executive functions in Israel, although he does have legitimacy to arbitrate in political crises.
At the gates of its 75th anniversary, Israel seems mired in one of its worst. tens of thousands of people They have been demonstrating for weeks against the radical proposals of the new government. This Thursday, after Netanyahu’s refusal, they did the same. “We are fighting a dictatorship”, the protesters in Tel Aviv have implored. Since early morning, thousands of citizens have starred in the third “day of disruption” in recent weeks, with blocked roads and arrests by the police. the former prime minister Yair Lapid He has condemned the increasing violence against protesters. In turn, for the first time a member of the ruling coalition, the Likud deputy, David Bitan, has expressed the need to freeze judicial reform in order to “calm the country.”