Netanyahu’s judicial reform project; The first phase of the Bibi coup in the Zionist regime.
In the structure of the Zionist regime, the Supreme Court has a relatively independent dignity and position as a judicial branch, and it has the power that if the approved decrees and regulations and measures of the government as well as the approved laws of the Knesset are in conflict with the spirit or substance of the basic laws and the declaration of independence of Israel. See, cancel them unilaterally.
The Supreme Court, along with the Parliament (Knesset) and the Cabinet, form the three powers in the political structure of this regime. Since the establishment of the Israeli regime in 1948, the Supreme Court of this regime, which was under the influence of the leftists at that time and until years later, gained significant power in the political equations.
15 judges of the Supreme Court are chosen by the president of the Israeli regime from among the people nominated by the “Judicial Selection Committee” to judge in this court. This committee consists of three Supreme Court judges (including the president of this court), two cabinet ministers (including the Minister of Justice), two representatives of the Knesset and two representatives of the Israeli Bar Association. Being elected as a judge in the Supreme Court requires at least 7 votes from 9 members of the committee.
Supreme powers
At present, the Supreme Court of the Zionist regime, apart from judging the claims between real persons, also has some powers with political and bureaucratic scope. The most controversial power of this court is the authority to cancel laws passed by the Knesset if the majority of Supreme Court judges find it to be in conflict with the spirit and substance of the Basic Laws and the Declaration of Independence of the Israeli regime. The Supreme Court has tried to use this power many times and annul Knesset laws and government decrees.
Due to the relatively liberal tendency of the judges of this court in the occupied territories (unlike the American Supreme Court, which mainly has a conservative approach), right-wing parties are usually opposed to its powers, and moderates and leftists in Israel defend the powers of the court.
The right-wing parties have been arguing for years that the authority of the bureaucratic system, whose members are not directly elected by the citizens, to override the power of the parliament, which originates from the power of the people, is in itself against democracy.
On the other hand, the defenders of the power of the Supreme Court put forward the argument that in all countries, an institution is considered as the basis for the interpretation of laws and is obliged to defend the constitution and individual and political freedoms, and in the absence of such an institution or its weakening, freedom Basics are easily compromised.
