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In reply to the discussion: Is criticism of Israel antisemitic? [View all]Igel
(37,716 posts)Listened to an interview from somebody very anti-Netanyahu who was honest and above board.
In the last couple of decades the ISC has abandoned pretense and if they don't think a law or an appointment is "reasonable" they revoke it. What's reasonable? Dunno, whatever the ISC thinks. No laws need be referenced, no legislation. They can overrule anything.
Now, they aren't elected. They basically select their own membership. So if at some point their majority is Ideological Flavor 2B, they can ensure that continues.
The anti-Netanyahu legislature was clear: the ISC was a disaster and needs to be reined in--it has no democratic backstop and is more powerful than the legislature. But since there's essentially a two-power government, executive/legislature vs ISC, it's a choice between majoritarianism and oligarchy. She was ideologically closer to the oligarchy, but ideologically predisposed to democracy.
A tripartite government--king, oligarchy, legislature, with a legislature divided between populace and constituent members of the federation--was genius. Each sucks--but can you balance the flaws to get something reasonable? Sure, that's an impediment to Will to Power on the part of the king, the oligarchy, each subdivision of the People, true, at leas when not corrupted by malfeasance, but that just makes the form of government both genius and prescient.