On video: Protests across the country against the legal revolution (documentation on social networks according to Section 27 A of the Copyright Law, Reuven Castro, Karin Sagi)
On Tuesday, the European Parliament will hold a special debate on the protest in Israel against the government's plan to weaken the justice system.
EU Foreign Minister Joseph Borrell has been invited to attend the meeting to give a speech and present his position, but it is not yet clear if he will attend.
There will be a discussion on the legal protest.
The European Parliament (Photo: Reuters)
why is it important
This is an extremely unusual debate held by the European Parliament on an issue that concerns Israel's internal politics.
This is the most significant step taken by the European Union institutions regarding the legislation that the Netanyahu government is trying to promote against the justice system.
Senior officials in the European Union and its member states are concerned about the Israeli government's plan to weaken the judicial system because they see many similarities between it and anti-democratic moves that have taken place in countries that are members of the European Union such as Poland and Hungary.
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"The largest protest movement in the country's history" (Photo: Reuven Castro)
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In a document of the European Parliament that was circulated in advance of the debate, it is stated that in recent times in Israel, "the largest protest movement in the country's history" has begun against the changes that the Netanyahu government wants to make in the judicial system.
"According to the critics, the plan is intended to weaken liberal democracy in Israel by giving the government control over the appointment of judges and limiting the authority of the Supreme Court to annul legislation," the document states.
It was also emphasized in the document distributed to members of parliament that the protest is expanding to the business sector, the high-tech sector, the military and the intelligence community.
It was also written that during the dispersal of the demonstrations, the police used stun grenades and water cannons.
what are they saying
Senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that they are following the discussion and that the most important point is that the discussion will not have any product in the form of a decision or any statement on behalf of the European Parliament.
The German Foreign Minister addressed the issue sharply (Photo: Reuters)
the situation picture
Compared to the United States, the public reactions to the government's moves to weaken the judicial system were more limited.
The only person in the European Union institutions who addressed the issue publicly was the President of the European Parliament during her meeting with President Herzog in Brussels a few weeks ago.
The German Foreign Minister was the one who addressed the issue most sharply during the press conference she held with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Berlin last week.
Barbok said that Germany is concerned about the consequences of the government's moves on the independence of the judiciary.
French President Macron raised the issue in a meeting with Netanyahu in Paris, but refrained from commenting on the issue publicly.
However, senior French officials leaked Macron's criticism to the Le Monde newspaper shortly after the meeting with Netanyahu.
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