Around 100 leading British Jewish figures – including rabbis and communal leaders – wrote an open letter urging the Israeli government to “reconsider” its judicial overhaul.
The letter, initiated by the grassroots movement Defend Israeli Democracy U.K., begins by airing “deep concern for the future of Israel’s democracy,” amid “threats to the values and institutions that form the bedrock of the Jewish nation.”
The letter comes in a watershed week in the battle over Israel’s judiciary – and by extension the nature of the regime itself – after the government pushed through a flagship law of the program to prevent the High Court of Justice from blocking government decisions it deemed unreasonable.
— source jfjfp.com | 27 Jul 2023