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How U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides Became Israel’s Arsonist-in-Chief
Michael Doran
March 6, 2023

…So what, precisely, is the source of the terror that these [Israelis] are feeling? The reform is five conflicts in one. First, it is a debate about the proper role of the Supreme Court, which has usurped authorities that rightly belong to the Knesset. Yair Lapid, the leader of the opposition, now paints any attempt to change the court as a fascist putsch, but in 2016 he critiqued the court precisely as the reformers are now critiquing it. Indeed, any observer who examines the reforms with a traditional American understanding of checks and balances, cannot but conclude that many of the demands of the reformers are not only reasonable but also desirable. READ MORE