"Israel is not actually a democracy, it is considered an Oligarchy where you vote for parties and the parties pick the people that represent the public. The biggest winner in the party contest gets to appoint the PM, he is not elected by the general public. A hold over from British colonial rule, the Israeli government system has no constitution setting forth the law of the land. We have a supreme court (read kangaroo court) that makes up laws to suit its feelings on any given day. The court system appoints people from inside the system and is never subjected to any public oversight. Great if you are a communist society but democracies don’t function that way."
Yonatan Avraham ·
Yonatan Avraham ·
San Jose State University
"In 1952, the Knesset passed the Judges Bill, which stipulates methods of appointing judges (among other things). This bill proposed that the President will appoint the judges, at the suggestion of the Minister of Justice, in accordance with the recommendation by a committee of these ten members: the Justice Minister (committee chairman); anotherCabinet minister; Chief justice and another judge of the Supreme Court; the Attorney General (who will be entitled to appoint in his place the Solicitor General); the Dean of the Faculty of Law in the Hebrew University; two Knesset members; and two members of the Law Council (now the Israel Bar Association)."
So America isn't much of a democracy either, anymore. Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton. A Supreme Court with justices all from the same schools. I wonder if America just presents itself better, ie with less honesty. But don't think coming here means coming to a glorious democracy. It's about the same. The government has its own agenda in many cases and ignores the will of the people.
"In 1952, the Knesset passed the Judges Bill, which stipulates methods of appointing judges (among other things). This bill proposed that the President will appoint the judges, at the suggestion of the Minister of Justice, in accordance with the recommendation by a committee of these ten members: the Justice Minister (committee chairman); anotherCabinet minister; Chief justice and another judge of the Supreme Court; the Attorney General (who will be entitled to appoint in his place the Solicitor General); the Dean of the Faculty of Law in the Hebrew University; two Knesset members; and two members of the Law Council (now the Israel Bar Association)."
So America isn't much of a democracy either, anymore. Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton. A Supreme Court with justices all from the same schools. I wonder if America just presents itself better, ie with less honesty. But don't think coming here means coming to a glorious democracy. It's about the same. The government has its own agenda in many cases and ignores the will of the people.
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