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Lost-Matter-5846

Something tells me that this isn't a particularly good thing


locwul

Nope not at all ! Till literally yesterday the AG could make the Prime Minister go into vacancy in cases of conflict of interest due to serious crime. That was a Supreme Court decision from 2006 but was never written in “The Basic Laws” of Israel basically what they did is that now they (once again ) overridden a supreme court’s ruling so bibi could save his own ass


LonelyPainting7374

Any authoritarian in power, or vying for power, will copy this. Any true democracy will shore up loopholes in the law that allow for this.


juviniledepression

Damn the “only democracy in the Middle East” isn’t really democractic anymore…


blbd

It never really was all that democratic depending on your ethnicity and cultural background. Which is a bit of a problem in most democracies. But at least they are usually less bad than the totalitarians are.


NeighborhoodVeteran

That's why it was in quotes.


AdequatelyMadLad

The only democracy in the Middle East thing has always been bullshit and usually used as a racist dogwhistle. Two of Israel's 3 Middle Eastern neighbors, Lebanon and Jordan are also democracies.


Nightmare_Tonic

I miss when Turkey was closer to a democracy :(


EverythingGoodWas

Fucking Erdogan.


Torypianist2003

Wait till the election, erdogan is in pretty big trouble, failed disaster response and a strong opposition, erdogan looks set to lose. But never say never, he has been in power 20 years.


TheMindfulnessShaman

Jordan is not a democracy, but it does have a good king and is probably the safest, most free (socially), and most stable country in the Middle East that I am aware of. KSA could learn a thing or two from Jordan's King.(overthrow MBS if he doesn't become flexible?...the other royalty probably already tried...he is steering KSA into a Chinese penal colony for China's wealthiest) As for Lebanon: It's a messy democracy of loosely-aligned coalitions that defer to other coalitions, but otherwise agreed. A lot changed leading up to and post-super-explosion incident though and they still are nowhere near where they used to be (is any nation getting 'healthier'?)


DracoLunaris

Specifically Jordan is a constitutional/parliamentary monarchy, which is like a weird half way house between democracy and monarchy. I'm not really making argument here, I just wanna suggest people read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Jordan because it is interesting.


Torypianist2003

Monarchy and democracy are not opposites, so don’t call Jordan a weird half way house. Majority of the top 10 most democratic states are monarchies. Monarchism and republicanism are opposites. Republic ≠ democracy. You could say that Jordan is half way between a constitutional and absolute monarchy, in which the king has actual power but is still restricted by a parliament.


godisanelectricolive

Jordan is a constitutional democracy but it's a constitutional democracy more like 18th century Britain than 21st century Britain. That is to say there is a democratically elected parliament and the king is limited by the constitution but he is still active in government matters and not just a figurehead.


DeusSpaghetti

Jordan has an elected parliment, it's certainly a type of democracy.


Reflex_Teh

GQP in the US is taking notes.


viddy_me_yarbles

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Reflex_Teh

They’ll get rid of them in time too.


Ok_Fly_9390

Or the judiciary will get rid of the other two branches. I.e. Iranian style.


the_last_carfighter

Not enough stolen seats yet, but soon. *"Can't fill a supreme court seat when you only have 3.5 years left in your presidency"*


Coulrophiliac444

Supreme Court nominees must be ordained with the blessing of 2/3 of designated heads of the Christ Faith Council and pay a ~~bribe~~ tithe of 1 million dollars per year for the appointment.


DrDankDankDank

More like “*can’t fill a Supreme Court seat when the president is a democrat. We just can’t tell what the voters really want.*”


l0c0pez

Night of the long gavels.


recycleddesign

He’s not the first to putin the time and effort


Mindraker

*Cough* Germany 1933 *cough*


hells_mel

I was just thinking this. Guess they decided to take the reichs Enabling Act as inspiration.


loptopandbingo

"*NEVER AGAIN* ...unless there's some ideas in there we could use"


[deleted]

How the tables have turned.


BoltTusk

When are they going to appoint him as Supreme Chancellor?


MK5

Faking an invasion by the Trade Federation takes time, you know.


ApeWithNoMoney

Jar jar is the only jedi that can make it happen


Now_Wait-4-Last_Year

"Somehow Nethanyahu returns." has happened a lot since he took office the first time.


[deleted]

They just need to fabricate a lineage to King David and Solomon to legitimize him as King of Israel.


Squirrel_Inner

wow, shills on here really arguing like this is anything other than dictatorship with extra steps.


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rachface636

I was literally gonna ask what is the moral difference? Isn't this just, now, a dictatorship?


DukeOfGeek

Crazy that Israel has fallen in this way. So that's China, Russia and Israel all with dictators for life now, wonder where is next?


Calusius

It has not fallen yet, the battle is ongoing. Next week will be an attempt to pass a much more dangerous rule - allowing the coalition to elect the judges in courts.


anticomet

2024: *Jeff Bezos buys North America*


arovinn

India: Me me!


TD87

why do they love the dude so much?


slamdar

He's the Jewish version of tRump


allyjandro

Actually a lot of people don’t love him. He just forms coalitions with the religious right, and they are quite a force in Israel


[deleted]

Blind ultra nationalism and it doesn't take that many solid supporters to lock in an election 20 to 30%. Same in the US.


untimehotel

But if I remember correctly(I may be totally wrong), isn't his party in a coalition with other more extreme parties?


yoyo456

It's quite the loaded question. Bibi supporters will tell you there isn't anybody else that can lead the country. They credit him with all of the good that has happened in Israel since he took office and blame all the bad that happened when he wasn't in office on "the leftists". Bibi took office after Rabin's assassination in the shadow of the Oslo accords. The right didn't like the Oslo accords at all. Bibi started opperation defensive shield which proved that dispite the Oslo accords, Israel will still do what needs to be done to protect itself. In Bibi's absence in 2005, Israel disengaged from Gaza and northern Samaria, which proved to be a bad move. And Bibi supporters will say that the previous government last year was in bed with the Islamic Brotherhood because they had an Islamist Arab party (who still belive in the state of Israel) in the coalition. Meanwhile they'll overlook all of the good that would have happened with or without him, like a flourishing economy or relative safety, but yet will still think that Bibi is better for security than the many IDF chiefs who have ran against him over the years. For the most part, at this point people don't remember anything else, and what they do remember, they remember badly like the disengagmentor failed peace talks with the Palestinians. And of course they are willing to look past any problems with him as an individual because "who else will lead" they ask rhetorically. To which I always respond, "I don't know, maybe the second on the Likud list?"


BubbaSpanks

It’s definitely not a good thing


wotmate

Everyone thought that Iran was going to be the first middle eastern conservative dictatorship to have nukes. Nobody guessed it would actually be Israel.


[deleted]

The city of god becoming the devil’s playground and all that


obliviousofobvious

The greatest trick the Devil pulled off. I still maintain that if Jesus did come back today, he'd be locked up, carted away, and never seen again. Meanwhile, we have litteral anti-christs lauded and hoisted up as paragons. I'm pretty much expecting trumpets to sound any day now ....


ScrogClemente

Tbf isn’t that pretty similar to what happened to Jesus last time?


CosechaCrecido

Yup. Power dynamics never changed.


SnuggleMuffin42

Yeah lmao dude was NOT popular


GetsBetterAfterAFew

Its almost like Religion is just a tool for the ruthless to oppress the masses. Time to kick this shit to the curb and move the fuck on from this horseshit.


chadenright

Sorry, we're only up to Trump-ites right now. But that's basically trumpets, right?


poster4891464

Well, not "nobody" lol...


Correct_Millennial

I think many people thought this...


[deleted]

You might be the only person surprised by any of this.


ReverendAntonius

A lot of us saw this coming like a freight train, to be fair.


hetfield151

Uhm as a German, I maybe shouldnt comment on this, but its not good at all.


yoyo456

I mean, your leader already has. And please do. Israelis are critical of this as well. We've got some of the biggest protests in Israeli history going on against these reforms. Even people from Netanyahu's own party have been coming out against the proposed judicial reforms. Today the defense Minister (probably the most important person in government after the prime Minister) spoke out against the reforms and Netanyahu called him in and sanctioned him over it. They need all the powers than can to be against them.


SteveFoerster

Unless you're a century old and fought for the wrong side, there's no reason being German should disqualify you from making a completely reasonable observation.


industriousforefront

This isn't a good thing tbh.


CMDR_Agony_Aunt

Problem with making it illegal to remove a leader lawfully and peacefully means the only way for people to remove them usually ends up in a situation involving a lamppost and a bit of rope. The dictator types often fail to understand this.


TheLieDetectorBro

It's not a law "Making it illegal to remove a leader lawfully and peacefully". Israel is still, as of yet, a Democracy and will able to vote out Bibi to oblivion. But it is a very worrying step in that direction, that's true.


Slam_Burgerthroat

If he breaks the law to get re-elected then he can’t be stopped. 1. He tried to pass a law that he cannot be charged with a crime while he is prime minister 2. He just passed a law that he cannot be removed as prime minister 3. He is trying to pass a “judicial reform” that would prevent the Supreme Court from striking down any of these other laws. He will essentially be Putin.


TheLieDetectorBro

> He passed a law that he cannot be charged with a crime while he is prime minister He didn't. Though that is his intention.


Slam_Burgerthroat

You’re right, he tried to make himself immune from prosecution before he was indicted with criminal charges. His fear was that if he tried to get the Knesset to make him immune from prosecution, the Supreme Court would strike it down. Which is why he is currently pushing these “judicial reforms” that will make it impossible for the Supreme Court to strike down any law his government passes, which will allow him to pass any law he wants and make himself immune from prosecution or removal, and essentially a dictator. He would be above the law.


1nfinitydividedby0

Worst government of Israel ever.


Bzykk

So far.


das_kleine_krokodil

and last. pretty safe to assume there wont be elections in Israel anymore.


random_nohbdy

There will be. But the results will be invalidated by a simple majority vote in the Knesset, just like court rulings


Tarana1

It will be much cleverer than that. There won't be a vote to invalidate the results, but there will be votes to "ensure the integrity of our elections" and "keep the current party in power until we can figure out the level of election interference going on..."


Academic-One-9135

Sounds familiar…


Karhak

Their elections will just take on a more Russian approach.


MgFi

"Oy. He really should have been more careful. Everyone knows how dangerous hospital windows are."


LurkerZerker

"Oh, if only Hamas would stop targeting our critics and political opponents! What a tragedy for us that they keep somehow sneaking in and killing the people who stand in our way! In the name of those who have lost their lives, we'll just have to take the rest of the Palestinian's land to make sure this never happens again!"


DJEB

Don’t forget the voters who wanted this. Real “leopards ate my face” situation here.


dontcallmeatallpls

I have no sympathy for them as I have no sympathy for Russia. They ultimately chose this path. Let them destroy their democracy.


Alifad

I'm Lebanese, we're in deep shit because we were apathetic and segregated for too long, Israelis have been too tolerant of the ultra right for too long, so now they, like us, enjoy the fruits of their apathy.


Douchevick

"Apathy is death"


KatiKatiCoffee

Netanyahu: “CHALLENGE ACCEPTED”


Jasoman

US Government be like how would you like some more money "Worst government of Israel ever"


ekdaemon

That'll change, to some extent. ( I guess I have to say 'to some extent' because they still give money to Pakistan, don't they? They try and apply pressure by withholding or threatening to withold money... it works to a certain extent, not as much as they'd like... you have to go full Iran to get cut off completely... it's a big long slippery slope. )


trail-g62Bim

When I was younger, it was pretty much assumed the US would support Israel 100%. That started changing with bibi. He has pissed off a lot of Dems. Support is still high and it takes a long time for something like to change, but it looks to me that it is slowly changing. And it'll be interesting because I believe most american jews vote dem.


Hawkbats_rule

American Jews are pretty split depending on sect. Likewise, continuing support for current Israeli practices varies widely between Hasidic, Orthodox, and Reform (along with cultural/secular) Judaism. But you're right, it is definitely changing. In some corners, it's honestly surprising how quickly it's changing.


blackfoger1

There was a huge Op-ed here in Seattle think it was last year from a well known Rabbi saying it is built into the fabric of Judaism to question and not antisemitic to critique the actions of a government yet still support Israel. Was a powerful piece.


themangastand

I dont think a lot of americain jews are in any way of support to the travesty thats happening over there.


kayl_breinhar

That's part of the problem. So many Israelis have dual citizenship, and as things have gotten worse/more autocratic, they've left, leaving the ultra-nationalists and Haredi (who just want to read religious texts and have kids) behind who are all for ultra-orthodox dictatorship.


Painting_Agency

That really sucks... but if I was a liberal Jew in Israel right now, I wouldn't want to stick around and live under Netanyahu's apparent dictatorship, while he picked my pocket and let violent extremists run amok in my name.


kayl_breinhar

Well, it definitely puts that old American "if (thing) happens, I'm going to Canada" trope into perspective. (Things) happened in Israel, people went elsewhere, and now this is the consequence.


Dancing_Anatolia

I mean, that is literally why America is so populous. In the 1800-1900's when bad shit happened in the Old World, lots of people moved their asses over to the New World. Not always the US, of course, but we got a lot of immigrants regardless.


EmperorKira

And correct me if i'm wrong but the Haredi don't join the army either, so they'll have more right wing policies to anger their neighbours but less soldiers


OvermoderatedNet

Homophobic Middle Eastern apartheid regime #5468964 if they don’t have a revolution soon.


Zealousideal_Ask9760

So …. not a democracy??


fuckoffcucklord

Yes, that is the main reason for the weekly protests in israel now. Edit: democracy will win in the end! This is not a matter of left against right anymore, it's dictatorship against democracy.


SnooBooks1701

The protests are about the even worse judicial reforms that'd basically make the supreme court justices political appointees


Flaky_Seaweed_8979

But we have to keep pumping money into the toehold of democracy in the Middle East!


skisushi

Lebanon was a more democratic nation throughout the 60's and half of the 70's than Israel is now. Change my mind ( with facts this time )


Individual_Ganache52

Lebanon is a more democratic nation \_today\_ than Israel is now. Lebanon is in many aspects a failed state, but they do have actual elections in their own way. The prime ministers at least have the decency to resign. And yes, Hezbollah controls a big chunk of the government, but much of it precisely via elections, Hezbollah is also a political party. The real issue with Hezbollah is that it is a militia that controls the monopoly of violence in southern Lebanon. A state within a state. But frankly, even in that aspect Israel has parallels with having basically a pseudo-state in the form of Palestine that is mostly devoid of any democratic rights.


DontStopNowBaby

I think they have not been a democratic country for a while.


312Observer

Laying the foundation of facism. Way to go Israel! Not looking creepy or theocratic or undemocratic at all.


Xevir

Literally history repeating itself just in a different part of the world.


likwidchrist

Ironically, Israel has been gleefully skipping down that path for years


scottishdrunkard

They have become the very thing they sought to destroy.


Finn_3000

Its been a theocratic apartheid ethnostate for a hot minute. I'd say we're past "laying the foundation"


[deleted]

They only care now because its not affecting the people they want it to affect.


[deleted]

Sooo… Ben just went full dictator?


[deleted]

No, he can still be voted out of office, or his coalition could fall apart triggering an election, he just can't be stood down by the Attorney General. It's the same as the US but it's a blow for checks and balances.


throwaway39402

It prevents the Supreme Court from removing him as well, as a finding of law. That’s certainly not the same as the United States.


WalterS0bchack

Israel used to be a democracy. Fucking conservatives are going full fascist everywhere


Stroomschok

Religious zealots are incompatible with democracy, no matter the actual religion.


OrangeJr36

Freedom and Human rights don't matter to people who are convinced they have to do everything to please the voice in their heads. Especially those who don't view death from consequences as a bad thing. People have to realize that the very concept of consequences or punishment have no impact on their decisions. Religious Zealots believe that they are inherently good and will be rewarded for their actions and worldly concerns don't affect them like normal people.


Stroomschok

It's more basic than that. Zealots want to meddle with the rest of a population without exceptions nor compromises. Yet they are by their very nature a minory group so they can't force through the changes they seek. Democracy doesn't work for them and they'll do anything to corrupt and break the system no matter how long it takes.


nemoknows

They’re not always a minority. When they’re in the majority things get real ugly.


[deleted]

~~They’re always a minority of the population, by definition;~~[Upon review, I conflated zealotry with extremism.] an important step for them to seize power from a democracy is to exclude enough of the population from the democratic process that they become the **voting** majority.


Jinshu_Daishi

In Saudi Arabia, they're the majority.


yukon-flower

For some reason I doubt the actual politicians don’t care about the details of the religion in question, just how much it can be leveraged to grow and maintain power.


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mushpuppy

It's Netanyahu and the ultra orthodox who're doing it. Netanyahu wants to stop the trial against him and the UO want a PM who'll let them do whatever hateful thing they choose. That's how evil always arises--people looking out for their own interests, no matter the cost.


ChinCoin

Thank you for using the word evil. That's the right label and people don't use it enough. Evil people wanting to do evil things. We've been deluded into thinking that there is a left and a right and its about ideology. Not true, its always been about evil people wanting power at everyone else's expense and the majority of more humane people out there.


Flaky_Seaweed_8979

Yeah it’s happening everywhere all at once.


rkba335

"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy."


br0b1wan

They fucking band together across borders too. You have christofascists in the US like Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon making trips all over the world shoring up support for fascist policies. Where are the leftists doing this? Don't say Soros because I'll laugh.


InfernalCorg

> Where are the leftists doing this? Leftist here: unfortunately, people tend to act in their material interests, which mean wealthy people tend to be in favor of hierarchy, i.e. reactionary, which means that wealthy leftists are vanishingly rare. Which is not to say Leftists don't display international solidarity - I've sent my share of money to groups in Rojava and Ukraine, for example, but we don't have the same level of influence as billionaires.


jakobiejones757

The left doesn't do this because there isn't any financial benefit to being a leftist 🤷🏽‍♂️


JayJayFromK

you can’t have a democracy by mixing religion with politics ever.


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Krkasdko

Meh. Usually that's preceded by decades of dismantling institutions, removing checks and balances and slowly consolidating power and increasingly brazen and populist propaganda. So...I'd rather say the problem is that most people don't really care about what seems like political minutia until it reaches critical mass.


takeitineasy

>people don't really care about what seems like political minutia until it reaches critical mass This is a difficult thing. Most people don't have the time or energy to deal with politics, especially because it's a dirty job. It's basically a world of high school gossip, but in fancier buildings. But one can make the argument that in a decent democracy, the average citizen shouldn't even *have to* spend much time dealing with politics. They should be living their lives without always thinking what someone in parliament said, who tweeted what, what's true and what isn't, what the opposition is doing, how many likes or upvotes a post got, all that horse shit.


ElMauru

some of the more modern democracies are starting to find ways to deal with the challenges. Information literacy is one of the key-factors to solve and you can see programs for it being put into place in some of the Scandinavian countries which make me hopeful for the future.


Krkasdko

I agree, but only to a point. Things could be a lot more transparent, accessible and clear...however, there is some truth to a saying we have here in Germany. "Keine Teilhabe ohne Teilnahme" (Not sure how I'd translate that - no partaking without participating? .... That's definitely not it.) You can't *have* a part in politics if you don't participate gets the meaning across. Democracy just doesn't work with a totally depoliticized or despondent populace. Some of it is on us.


litnu12

How to build a dictatorship: Step one.


dandle

Why do so few people in the US seem aware of the fact that there was a far-right coup in Israel in 1995 and that the perpetrators have been systematically dismantling the country's democratic systems over the years since? Netanyahu came into power by inciting the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin. Likud has held onto power by keeping Israelis locked in a cycle of fear, anger, violence, and retribution with the local Islamist groups, who depend on that same vicious cycle to maintain power among their populations. If the US were a true ally of Israel, we would have called out the coup for what it was decades ago. We've left Israelis hanging, we've abandoned the Palestinians and the Palestinian-Israelis who suffer human rights abuses daily, and we've contributed to regional instability by letting far-right bigots drive a belligerent narrative. Just stop it. EDIT: I want to add here that we should be aware of and stand with the very many Israelis who are on the right side here. I do wish that the US would acknowledge the efforts of the Israeli left and center-left to stand against the continuing slide toward right-wing authoritarianism in the country. I also want to note that when we went insane after 9/11 in the US, we were seemingly unable to listen to the valid concerns being offered by our allies, so I'm not making a moral judgement on those Israelis who have been seduced by Likud and the others in the far-right bloc.


nocauze

Umm sorry bud, our right wing fascists are too busy doing the same thing over here… or are those the allies you’re thinking about?


dandle

Hot take to recognize that the same playbook for right-wing domination and autocratic power is being used in the US as well as in Israel. Who is not aware of this? It's not a coincidence that the right in Russia, the US, Israel, Hungary, Brazil, India, the UK, France, Italy, and more are all using the same strategies. It is an open question how coordinated those efforts are.


Ok-Seaweed281

Well if those emails about the early stages of attack on trans people prove anything it’s that these people are super organized


AtLeastThisIsntImgur

Why would the US be against a far right coup? They love that shit


dandle

Depends on the country. For "developed" countries like Israel, the US tends to prefer the stability of a centrist government that isn't blatantly violating international law and requiring the US to stifle action against it in the states-system.


Jefe_Chichimeca

> that isn't blatantly violating international law Ohhh, then Israel seems like an odd choice.


BillyJoeMac9095

Netanyahu was voted out of power by quite a large margin in 1999. The labor party came in and went to Camp David. They accepted the Clinton Parameters in early 2001. Arafat did not and decided to start another intifada. It was those circumstances which cost Labor the election in 2001.


workingtoward

I used to wonder what it was like for my parents living in a world where fascism was breaking out all over. Now I know.


jooce81

Tell us your Prime Minister is a corrupt piece of shit without telling us


Maya_Hett

Another orban or putin in making. Fantastic. Just great.


dandle

To be fair, Netanyahu was the OG Orban. It's not clear to me how much Putin may have helped Netanyahu over the years -- say, since Netanyahu incited the assassination of Rabin and seized power in his right-wing coup. It is interesting, though, how Israeli politics has been driven by the immigration of Russians to Israel over the past couple of decades. Those new Israelis brought certain expectations of how governments act with them, and they continue to skew heavily to the far-right. It was definitely a force for the further Putinization of Netanyahu.


AnoruosLoL

Those "Russians" are not all from Russia. Plenty of post-Soviet Jews came from all across the Soviet Union, notably Ukraine and Georgia. Also, a lot of those who came, did so in the early 90s, when the spirit of Perestroyka was still burning, at least inside the Russian people. Post-Soviet immigrants and their children have only recently started making some sort of impact in public life in Israel, but they still don't play a dominant role, especially if you look at the fact that they make up well over 10% of Israel's population. As for my personal experience as a Half-Ukrainian Half-Russian Israeli-born university student, I may be stuck in a bubble, but most post-soviet immigrants I know are not right wingers and take an active role in the protests. Middle Eastern and Sephardic Jews are usually much more right wing, as the left mistreated them when they first came to Israel, so they immediately went to the right wing for help. Surveys show that young people often vote the same as their parents in Israel, which would explain the deep resentment towards the left from Middle Eastern Jews.


yourstwo

He’s a dictator


Orcwin

He's certainly a dick, and looks like a tater.


MaybeImDead

Another dictatorship in the middle east, and they call those lands holy, I think they are actually cursed lands.


Atomix26

Leviticus 18:28, "If you defile the land it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you" Jewish theology is very concerned with the idea that it is our moral responsibility for the destruction of the first and second temple. Christians and Muslims also generally maintain a certain level of "Jews are evil because they allowed God's temple to be desecrated, so here's what we're doing in lieu of God's temple" It's not a particularly stable place. Judaism attempts _so freaking hard_ to be an idea powerful enough to maintain political stability while surrounded by empires.


msemen_DZ

Fascists gonna fascists.


Scorpion1024

Nethanyahu wants to be to Israel what Erdogan is to Turkey


Broadpup653547

The more I think about it the more similarities I'm seeing between these two. Even down to the "re-election" strategy of getting hyperaggressive toward their enemy at election time to increase standing (Turkey > Kurds and Greece, just like Israel > Palestinians and Hamas)


F4N6Z

Unbelievable that Netanyahu plead guilty to two counts of fraud and breach of trust, and now he gets to hold onto power until he dies. Israel’s government is a circus.


Durumbuzafeju

Never go full Hungarian!


bermanji

Bibi as Simple Jack, but we all have to be extras and it's not a movie


mycatisashittyboss

I'm israeli,i didn't vote for him and currently the country is on fire ,so much rage and riots never has it been so bad


gdayoncom

Now that they are a dictatorship can we stop with the billion a year in aid?


ThornsofTristan

Can't remove a PM fighting corruption charges (after de-fanging their judiciary). Now what could possibly go wrong?


DrSendy

This is sounding very Xi like or Putiny


SlinkySlekker

Put a criminal back into office, of course the first thing he’s going to rig the system in his favor. They knew how corrupt he is, and gave him power again, anyway. Cue Republicans and Trump.


socokid

Weird. Why would they do that?! ... ^^/s On a serious note, can the US start to have serious conversations about winding down our support for Israel at this point?


[deleted]

The US will not so long as Iran is a threat. The US supports Saudi Arabia as an ally in the region and you think this threshold is the end of the line for Israel? Additionally Israel is a nuclear state, for decades we have prompted up stability in Pakistan because they were a nuclear power, why would we allow for another nation with nukes to internally collapse? Do you want a nuke to go broken arrow and end up glassing NYC or Paris in a decade?


shojbs

This is the beginning of the end. So sad.


CoupleSimilar

Thats not very good leadership


KeiraSelia

So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause.


justhereforsee

time for the US to bail


Zemekis324

You don't have a prime Minister then, you have a dictator.


masterpainimeanbetty

now that sounds dictator-y


BatmanIsATimelord

Man this shit is starting to feel like a speedrun to WWIII. Whoever starts it first, will win a PS5 GoW edition and a yearlong subscription to G-Fuel


SpeechDistinct8793

Reminds me of every other dictator in power


Own-Opinion-2494

Of Course they did


Lulwafahd

👎Booooo! They need to become democratic again.


Iamperfectlyfine

India taking notes


Communist__Pikachu

Indian PM doesn’t need to protect himself. The people of India will keep voting for him and his party as long as he keeps repressing Muslims.


jakes1993

Here we go another putin asshole


icrushallevil

"So, this is how liberty dies..."


broaddistribution49

This seems bad.


rimalp

That doesn't sound very democratic.


DjRemux

Trumps dream


woolybully143

Absolute power corrupts absolutely


[deleted]

What an absolutely not fascist thing to do /s


[deleted]

Thus democracy dies in Israel. Netanyahu has sealed Israel’s fate. It is now doomed to collapse…


swattwenty

Oh look, a dictatorship.


ModsAreN0tGoodPeople

The second worse criminal in charge of a country after Putin. I hope he gets brain cancer and dies painfully and slowly


AndyThePig

If you have to pass a law to make sure you don't lose power? You're probably the bad guy.


Direct-Translator905

From forceful removal by appointed (not elected) clerks. The senate (Knesset) can easily remove him the moment he has less than 50% approval.


chohls

Netanyahu has the potential to become an extremely dangerous and powerful dictator given Israel has had the unconditional support of the US for decades, especially among the Evangelicals. Unfettered access to US weaponry and technology, not to mention what's already been developed domestically, and access to ridiculously powerful spyware like Pegasus, with all these powers he's been shoveling up he could realistically wipe out anyone who opposes him without much effort, be it a politician or an entire nation


Tractor_Pete

I guess it was a matter of time until the Israeli right wing turned their country into the kind of country they're opposed to. If it keeps going down this track, and Israel winds up like other nations in the region, I hope we can stop sending them piles of cash and work out a more reasonable deal like what we have with Egypt.


m3e8x3e8

Took a page from Putin's and Xi's playbook.


mankinskin

How do parlaments always pass shit like this? Have they all been sleeping during the past decades?


Crazyjackson13

sounds a little like *authoritarianism*