Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to protests against his proposed judicial reforms, which he believes will boost the Israeli economy and strengthen democracy.
Former Israeli Prime Minister and the head of Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara gesture after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. )
Tightening the power of the unelected judiciary will promote equilibrium between Israel's branches of government, Netanyahu said, emphasizing the role of checks and balances in a thriving democracy. "The decisions on the economy, the decisions on military matters, the decisions on many other matters should be left to the government that is elected by the people," Netanyahu continued. "Let the people decide. If you make the wrong decisions you will be booted out. It happened to me once, but I was re-elected for the sixth time…to have this judicial reform to bring back Israel to where just about all the democracies are today, a balance between the three branches of government.
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