Proposed legal reforms could be dire for Israel
The debate over them has exposed profound divisions within Israel
“ZION SHALL be redeemed with judgment.” The words of the prophet Isaiah are quoted by Simcha Rothman, chairman of the law committee of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, at the start of each of its meetings. Mr Rothman is in charge of pushing through a radical overhaul of the country’s judicial system. On February 13th the committee voted in favour of the first tranche of the changes as nearly 100,000 Israelis demonstrated outside the Knesset.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The day of judgment”
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