Hundreds of thousands were gathering on the streets in protests. The plan, according to the polls, was deeply unpopular with a majority of the Israeli public. By then it was already clear to the minister and other senior figures that they were in deep trouble. Levin had promised to pass the four laws by the end of the session. Our conversation took place six weeks ago, half-way through the Knesset, Israel parliament’s winter session. Just a lackluster press conference in early January by Justice Minister Yariv Levin, a man whose dogmatic hatred of the Supreme Court is matched by a total lack of charisma, to present the “judicial reform.” Should there be even the slightest doubt, the minister assured me they were in total agreement with the policies themselves - which amounts to a series of laws aimed at weakening Israel’s Supreme Court and removing its powers to hold the government to account.īut not like this, with a blitzkrieg of legislation, four laws at once, and without any attempt to convince the public of their necessity.
And now we’re getting crucified in the media and many of our own voters are believing it.”
“How could he roll out such a series of radical policies and not have prepared any public-relations plan to go along with it? No thought whatsoever for the presentation. “I can’t believe how Netanyahu made such a critical mistake,” sighed the minister, who preferred not to be named.
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