In an 8-7 decision, the Supreme Court justices struck down the law because of the “severe and unprecedented harm to the core character of the State of Israel as a democratic country.”
The justices also voted 12-3 that they had the authority to overturn so-called “Basic Laws,” major pieces of legislation that serve as a sort of constitution for Israel.
It was a significant blow to Netanyahu and his hard-line allies, who claimed the national legislature, not the high court, should have the final word over the legality of legislation and other key decisions. The justices said the Knesset, or parliament, does not have “omnipotent” power.
The irony that these people think there is any justice or democracy on stolen land with an actively genocidal regime at the helm is laughable. But hey let’s maintain a semblance of “democracy” because that keeps America happy to funnel weapons that direction for more murder of innocents.
To me this is on the same level as the zionist NYT propaganda about sexual assault. A distraction to keep fence sitters happy that they’re: “supporting the genocidal actions of a democracy – it’s a democracy tho”.
Interestingly, HuffPost is running the headline for this on the homepage as: “ISRAEL SUPREME COURT KNEECAPS BIBI POWER GRAB” but then just syndicating AP writing.