We are lawyers and legal academics from the UK who are concerned about the content of proposed reforms to Israel’s constitutional structure and institutions. We fear that these will undermine democratic rights, the rule of law, the separation of powers, the independence of the judiciary and human rights. These reforms would move Israel away from democracy and towards legal autocracy.
Judicial appointments
The proposal is to substantially change the process for judicial appointment so that appointments will be made by elected politicians from the ruling coalition, or persons nominated by them. There will be some input from existing judges, but that input can be sidestepped.