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Levin unveiled his proposals on the eve of a High Court hearing on the legality of Arye Deri returning to ministerial office.

Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard University offers insight on how to reach compromise on the judicial reforms and whether Israeli democracy is truly in danger.

Under the new plan, checks and balances will be eroded and judges will be picked by Netanyahu's coalition

The petition calls for an interim order against the advancement of Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin's judicial reforms.

Eight Israeli law faculty deans also criticized the reforms in a letter, warning they would alter the system of checks and balances.

Armed with unbridled authority, todays Israeli Supreme Court habitually implements its policy preferences over those of Israels legislators.

“The attempt to restore the correct balance between the branches of government is not the destruction of democracy, but the strengthening of democracy,” says the Israeli prime minister.

The real democratic deficit is in decades of judicial supremacy, in which the Supreme Court may ‘override’ the Knesset and has final say on any matter it chooses

Thousands of Israeli people took to the streets in Tel Aviv, late Saturday, in protest against the new government’s policies which is now led by the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This comes days after his administration’s Justice Minister Yariv Levin unveiled his plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system, which opponents and critics say threaten democracy and freedom.  What is the legal reform plan about?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his conservative allies dream of making the nation a Jewish supremacist state.