To the editor: John E. Golub, who describes himself as somebody protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities, avoids touching the essential subject of the undemocratic nature of the nation’s judicial system.
As Golub notes, there may be no clear structure to information judges; what he doesn’t point out is that these judges are chosen largely by a clique of different judges and legal professionals. That is not like the USA, the place the president nominates federal judges and the Senate vets and approves them.
Sure, politics performs a task. Nevertheless, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) at the moment has nearly no say in appointments. This on its face is undemocratic.
The present authorities went too far with its proposed modifications. Nevertheless, democratic reforms and delineation of authority could be wholesome.
Barry F. Chaitin, Newport Seashore
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To the editor: Kudos to Israel’s patriotic protesters, who’ve fended off (for now) Netanyahu’s assault on the Israeli judiciary. The timing appears nearly providential, occurring as Jews put together to have a good time Passover, a vacation recalling the traditional Hebrews’ deliverance from a pharaoh’s oppression.
Netanyahu started his political profession as Israel’s John F. Kennedy — the charismatic youthful brother who stepped up when his anointed older brother died defending his nation. (Joseph Kennedy Jr. died in World Conflict II; Yoni Netanyahu was killed main Israel’s 1976 rescue of 102 hostages in Entebbe, Uganda.)
“Bibi” then turned Israel’s Ronald Reagan, taking up Iran’s “evil empire,” and in addition its Invoice Clinton, main a booming tech-driven financial system.
However now, he has turn into each Israel’s Richard Nixon, for attempting to fireside Protection Minister Yoav Gallant, and its Donald Trump, for attacking his nation’s democratic foundations to serve his private pursuits.
Stephen A. Silver, San Francisco
