Every Democrat Jewish operation eventually turns into J Street.
It’s seemingly inevitable that every Democrat Jewish operation will eventually turn into J Street.
After holding a session on democratic judicial reform in Israel that would restore vital checks and balances, and the rule of law, featuring Daniel Shapiro and Daniel Kurtzer, the messenger boys for the anti-Israel policies of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, the Jewish Democratic Council of America has announced that while “we respect Israel’s democracy, these bills would weaken Israel’s democratic institutions, undermining the independence of Israel’s judiciary and its system of checks and balances.”
Actually it’s the definition of upholding democratic institutions, like the Knesset, over undemocratic ones, like a Supreme Court which has veto power over the selection of its members and no constitutional safeguards, and claims the power to overrule any law or measure.
The JDCA press releases states that the group urges “the Israeli government to have meaningful deliberations about the serious implications of such actions. We also support President Herzog’s call for compromise to establish a broad consensus within Israeli society and with the opposition before moving forward.”
Those deliberations are ongoing. And since when were leftist governments, like the previous one, asked to deliberate with the opposition on anything, like giving away Israel’s energy resources to Hezbollah?
Or a deal with the PLO that has claimed thousands of lives and proved deadly to the existence of Israel.
The JDCA is attacking a democratically elected Israeli government on behalf of the Left.
And, as I noted in my recent article on the Biden administration’s funding for the leftist group organizing protests in Israel,
Before Herzog was the Labor Party’s candidate to run Israel, he was serving as Marc Rich’s lawyer. The international fugitive lobbied for a pardon from Bill Clinton through Herzog who met with at least one State Department figure. Herzog also worked for another international fugitive, Octav Botnar. Herzog served as the trustee for Botnar’s estate while millions were funneled through it to fund anti-Netanyahu ads by an associate of top Democrat campaign pros like James Carville.
There’s a long ugly history here. And while the JDCA often loves to prattle about threats to democracy, it’s attacking Israel’s democracy.
Yohanan says
A democratically elected government that seeks to radically overturn and skew the system is dangerous. The return of Netanyahu and his new coalition are seen as illegitimate by many here in Israel. Interesting times.
See Israel news in English, some sites have paywalls such as haAretz com Eng edition. But there’s ynet, Jerusalem Post, etc.
Brenrod says
forget haaretz, it is a radical left site. Your post gives no facts related to the case which is the hallmark of leftist agenda.
Brenrod says
State the facts which makes his coalition illegitimate, it is not enough to state the opinions of some leftists.
Jon Sobieski says
It used to be it’s ‘for the children’ now it’s ‘to save democracy.’ “For the children’ is a hard sell when you are talking about pumping hormones and hacking breasts and penises ‘for the children.” How ridiculous the left has become.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
JINOs, all of them! And since they don’t live in Israel and don’t experience, say, rockets landing in Sderot or knife attacks by muslims, they ought to STFU when it comes to Israel: simply being ‘Jew-ish’ doesn’t give them a license
LOWELL BLACKMAN says
Bravo!
Brenrod says
exactly
Avinoam Ben Dor says
In 1936 Zionist leader Berl Katzenelson angrily asked:
“Is there another people on earth whose sons are so emotionally and mentally twisted that they consider everything their nation does despicable and hateful, while every murder, rape and robbery committed by their enemies fills their hearts with admiration and awe?” Nisan locates this perversion on the Israeli Left, and especially its professoriat.”
Brenrod says
The current judiciary system is not democratic, in the states the supremes are appointed by an elected executive but in Israel they are not.
Rarely says
Today it’s a right-leaning gov’t wanting more control over the Supreme Court so there’s agreement among right leaning people that such control would be proper.
What about when the shoe is on the other foot and it’s a left-leaning gov’t having control over the Supreme Court?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Israel has the same issue as some other countries – essentially, the judiciary trying to usurp power. Since they are unelected, elected governments – be they Left or Right – have a right to rein them in, and make sure that they don’t try doing more than what is constitutionally assigned to them, namely interpreting laws, rather than making up their own