On Monday, the Israeli Supreme Court voted 8-7 to strike down a key provision of a judicial reform law that would have limited the powers of the judiciary. The law, which was passed by the Israeli Knesset back in July of 2023, would have removed the ability of the judiciary to rule certain actions or decisions of the government as “unreasonable.” Ironically, the Supreme Court ruled that a portion of the law was, in fact, unreasonable.
In its ruling, the court said it rejected the amendment because it would deal a “severe and unprecedented blow to the core characteristics of the State of Israel as a democratic state.”
The law, which came into effect after it was passed in July, took away the court’s power to veto government decisions based on them being “unreasonable.” Vast swathes of Israel’s population opposed the change, according to opinion polls, which critics said…
