Germany's Foreign Minister: "Worried about the legislation to weaken the justice system" - Voila! news

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Today (Tuesday), German Foreign Minister Analana Barbok told Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at a press conference after their meeting that Germany is very concerned about the legislation to weaken the justice system and the intention to pass a death penalty law.

"Worried about the legal coup".

Eli Cohen and Analana Barbuk (Photo: Reuters)

why is it important:

• This is the first public criticism in front of the cameras by the German government regarding the Netanyahu government's plan to weaken the justice system, after several quiet messages sent from Berlin in recent weeks.

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  Because during his visit to Israel, German Justice Minister Marco Buchmann expressed concern to Justice Minister Yariv Levin regarding the government's plan regarding the judicial system.

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What they say:

• "I asked Foreign Minister Cohen about the political situation in Israel. I will not hide that we have concerns about some of the planned legislation in Israel. Some of the shared values ​​of Germany and Israel are the rule of law and an independent judicial system. This is always something that Israel has been proud of," said Barbok at the press conference.

• The foreign minister of Germany added that the government in Berlin is also very concerned about the fact that the government has started promoting a death penalty law.

  "We have abolished this penalty and we are talking about it with every country that has the death penalty including the United States," she said.

• Barbok noted that students in German schools learn that Israel used the death penalty once in history - against Adolf Eichmann - for his crimes during the Holocaust.

  "It is always an argument that we have used and I say as a friend of Israel that I am convinced that it would be a mistake to enact a death penalty law," she emphasized.

• The German foreign minister added that many countries in the world, including Germany, look at Israel as a model for liberal democracy, and therefore the legislation in Israel is worrying.

  "The German government is convinced that a strong democracy needs an independent court that can review the decisions of the majority," she said.

the other side:

• Foreign Minister Cohen responded during the press conference and said that Israel is a vibrant democracy and will remain so.

  "You can come to Israel and see people protesting. In Israel everyone can say what they want. At the end of the day - our legal reform will strengthen Israeli democracy," he said.

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