Israel’s 78th Independence Day
In a country where everyone is sure they are the prime minister – the fact that there is still a country is probably our greatest success.
In a country where everyone is sure they are the prime minister – the fact that there is still a country is probably our greatest success.
Imagine a strange, almost imaginary world – one day you wake up, turn on the news – and there is no new ruling from the High Court of Justice that determines what the government should really do, who is allowed to be a minister, and what kind of coffee is allowed to be poured at government meetings.
There is no petition on security policy, no intervention in the composition of the coalition, no ruling that reinterprets the meaning of the word “law.”
A Jewish and democratic state – or a state of the High Court and the Land?
It is impossible to preserve a democracy in which judges judge the people – instead of the people electing their leaders. It is impossible to continue in a reality in which every national initiative, every conservative reform, every law with a Jewish character – is immediately passed through a sieve of consultants, lawyers, and in the end – 15 people who feel like a grand jury of a country in which they do not even have a flag.
There are moments when history is not written – it is cooked. Over medium heat, with a lot of delegitimization oil, a sauce of suspicion, and a garnish of appearances. Welcome to the legal kitchen of the State of Israel, where the main dish for years has been “Netanyahu’s cases,” but the presentation? Like in Paris – small, bloated, pretentious, and very expensive for the taxpayer.