“The wisdom of the reform proposals varies, but it isn’t ‘antidemocratic’ to think Israel’s Supreme Court needs democratic checks on its power. The danger is that the court will next reject as unreasonable any reforms to the court itself,” the editorial said. If [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s] government overreaches, the voters will get their say again,” it added. The business daily slammed the 10-1 High Court ruling Wednesday that determined that Deri’s dual appointments as health and interior minister were “unreasonable in the extreme” as a major example of judicial overreach. “The justices also argued that Mr. Deri’s prior statements to a court suggesting he was retiring from politics might have influenced his sentencing.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 22, 2023 20:25 UTC