*Denis Charbit notably published “Israel and its paradoxes. Misconceptions about a country that stirs up passions”, preface by Élie Barnavi, Le Cavalier bleu, 2nd revised and expanded edition, 2018.
Israel is described by its advocates as
"the only democracy in the Middle East."
Some consider it exemplary despite a permanent state of war.
Others, more critical, point to the structural flaws of the system, including the absence of a written Constitution, on the one hand, and the maintenance of a Palestinian population of more than 2 million inhabitants under the thumb of a military authority.
Notwithstanding, Israel has managed to acquire real checks and balances.
Breaking with the caution that had governed its foundation, the Supreme Court has established itself since the 1990s as an indispensable player in public life: it not only arbitrates disputes between the citizen and the State, it also controls the constitutionality laws enacted by the Knesset (Israeli Parliament).
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