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Is the 1970 satire by Hanoch Levin appropriate for today's war-torn country?

Jan. 22, 2021 In December 6, 1949, the Israeli cabinet convened for its weekly meeting. The previous day, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion had dropped an international bomb by declaring Jerusalem to be Israel’s capital. But there were other items on the agenda now. One was the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice. Only five justices then served on the highest court in the land. The court’s president was Justice Moshe Zmoira. The minister of justice who appointed him, Pinchas Rosen, had...