Israeli Supreme Court 13.05.2025
Supreme Court chief justice blasts Israeli electoral democracy
“The idea that ‘the majority decides,'” said Justice Yitzchak Amit, “is fourth-grade democracy.”
The president of Israel’s Supreme Court was heard scoffing at the principles of democracy in a recording publicized Sunday by Channel 14.
While talking Thursday to a group of students who are soon to be drafted into the army, Justice Yitzchak Amit defended the court’s judicial activism, including the nullification of Basic Laws passed by the Knesset.
His comments included an explicit rejection of what he dubbed “electoral democracy.”
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