Comments on: Into the fray: D-Y-S-T-O-P-I-A!! https://www.jwire.com.au/into-the-fray-d-y-s-t-o-p-i-a/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Wed, 19 Jul 2023 08:56:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Liat Kirby https://www.jwire.com.au/into-the-fray-d-y-s-t-o-p-i-a/#comment-626328 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 08:56:42 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=149231#comment-626328 This does not speak to the issue of how best to protect Israeli citizens against the misuse and abuse of power, which, if the government has its way, will be a very real problem, relying inherently on the integrity of Knesset governing members. That there is no Constitution and no Bill of Rights, nothing that in very specific terms defines a citizen’s status, makes what Netanyahu and his cohorts are trying to do with the judiciary dangerous.
There is the added problem of a more religious-bound state, with small ultra-orthodox parties having sway, thereby pushing Israel towards theocracy and the likes of Iran, et al, with pluralism and tolerance for difference taking a back seat. Again, very dangerous.

No amount of dramatic hyperbole, as we see in Dr Martin Sherman’s comments, changes this, and he does us a disservice in presenting this kind of material in all seriousness.

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