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Political and social events from the Middle East, with exclusive reports and interviews. Tuesday at 5:45pm Paris time.
Israel’s judicial reform: A country on the brink of a constitutional crisis?
Middle East matters
10 minutes 48 seconds
2 years ago
Israel’s judicial reform: A country on the brink of a constitutional crisis?
Israel's Supreme Court has opened the first case examining the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial judicial overhaul, lurching towards a showdown with the nation’s far-right government. The latter has split Israel in two ever since it announced plans to reform the country’s judicial system, which would see the Supreme Court weakened. We speak to Yuval Shany, professor from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Faculty of Law and former member of the UN Human Rights Committee.
Middle East matters
Political and social events from the Middle East, with exclusive reports and interviews. Tuesday at 5:45pm Paris time.