Making the Most of Israel’s Renewed Relations with Morocco
The monarch sees himself as the protector of pluralism, and of Palestinians.
December 28, 2022
Judicial Reform Would Add, Rather Than Eliminate, Checks and Balances in the Israeli Regime
Making sense of the override clause.
Jerusalem’s new governing coalition, which will likely be confirmed by the Knesset tomorrow, has promised to introduce a constitutional reform that would allow the legislative branch to override the Supreme Court in certain cases. As Moshe Koppel and Yonatan Green both argue, such a change would limit the high court’s current unchecked authority—which was never granted to it by the country’s laws—to strike down legislation for whatever reason it sees fit. (Interview by David Horovitz. Audio, 25 minutes each.)
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Judicial Reform Would Add, Rather Than Eliminate, Checks and Balances in the Israeli Regime
Making sense of the override clause.
Facing Setbacks in the Middle East, Jihadism Gains Strength in Africa
A bad year for al-Qaeda, but a better one for Islamic State.
The Moral Meaning of Kosher Laws
“If we had no sense of disgust, . . . we would also have no sense of the sacred.”
The Lost Hebrew Manuscripts Hidden in Christian Books
Plundered and recycled.