In Jerusalem
Israel seems to be on the verge of implosion. On the eve of the vote on an ultra-controversial judicial reform, two camps clash with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, opponents more resolute than ever against unconditional supporters of the government's project. Caught in the crossfire, the IDF, the army, is facing a sedition of reservists who have announced their refusal to serve and, to top it off, the one on whom everything depends, Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, ended up in the hospital for heart problems.
The storm raging is over the first part of the reform, which is supposed to be definitively adopted by the Knesset on Monday. This text deals with the 'reasonableness clause'. This provision allows the Supreme Court to overturn government decisions deemed unreasonable. An example: the highest judicial body in the country, a real bête noire of the most nationalist and religious government in the country's history, has used this...
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