Paul Jacobson

Tag: democracy

  • The People’s Directive – An Alternative To The Anti-Democratic Judicial Overhaul Program

    The People’s Directive – An Alternative To The Anti-Democratic Judicial Overhaul Program

    Isaac Herzog, Israel’s President, announced an alternative to the current government’s anti-democratic judicial overhaul program, called the People’s Directive. This is the culmination of weeks of discussions between the President and various stakeholders in Israeli society in response to the current government’s judicial overhaul program that is almost certainly going to cripple the Israeli judiciary…

  • A real Democracy has checks and balances

    A real Democracy has checks and balances

    Democracy has been on my mind a lot lately with the current Israeli government’s moves to “reform” our Judiciary, and essentially cripple it in the process. The consequences of this for our democracy will be devastating.

  • “Narrow, fragile, and right-wing-Orthodox …”

    “Narrow, fragile, and right-wing-Orthodox …”

    Israeli politics fascinate me far more than I understand the dynamics (which I barely do). Times of Israel’s editor, David Horovitz, has an interesting op-ed piece titled “Netanyahu promised a ‘better, more stable government.’ And we got this?” which has me wondering if estimates of our return to the polls for another election in 2…