#312 - The Man Who Wants To Change Israel's Supreme Court (Prof. Moshe Koppel)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

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🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In case you didn’t hear, over 80 thousand people gathered at HaBima Square in Tel Aviv Saturday night to protest what they’re calling the “Judicial Revolution”. This revolution, the protesters assert, which is being carried out by Prime Minister Netanyahu, aka Crime Minister, and his right-wing coalition partners, is a threat to our very democracy! The reform proposed by brand new Justice Minister Yariv Levin plans to grant the coalition the power to appoint judges and enable them to override the Supreme Court, along with other legislative changes. These are hotly debated issues in Israel. Many people see them as either seen as a breath of life or a strike of death to our young democracy. Today we’re gonna break down the Israeli Judicial system and the proposed reforms. And we have just the guy to help us out - Professor Moshe Koppel, the founder of the Kohelet Policy Forum, a think tank dedicated to “Israel’s future as the nation-state of the Jewish people, to strengthen representative democracy, and to broaden individual liberty and free-market principles in Israel.” Professor Koppel is a computer scientist, so we might also discuss how ChatGPT might be used to draft Israel’s constitution.

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0:00.0	This is Aiton Weinstein. And I'm Naura Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.
0:29.2	In case you didn't hear, over 80,000 people gathered at Habima Square in Tel Aviv Saturday night to protest what they're calling the judicial revolution.
0:33.4	This revolution, the protesters assert, which is being carried out by Prime Minister Netanyahu or crime minister Netanyahu, and his right-wing coalition partners is a threat to our very democracy.
0:46.9	The reform proposed by a brand new justice minister Yereev Levine plans to grant the coalition the power to appoint judges and enable them to override the
0:54.4	Supreme Court along with other legislative changes. These are hotly debated issues here in Israel.
1:00.5	Many people see them as either a breath of fresh air for democracy or a strike of death.
1:05.9	Today we're going to break down the Israeli judicial system and the proposed reforms, and we
1:10.3	have just the guy to help us
1:12.1	out. Professor Moshek-Kopel, the founder of the Kohelet Policy Forum, a think tank dedicated
1:18.2	to Israel's to quote, Israel's future as the nation state of the Jewish people, to strengthen
1:24.1	representative democracy and to broaden individual liberty and free market principles
1:29.5	in Israel. Professor Coppel is also, happens to be sometimes a computer scientist. So we might also
1:37.3	discuss how chat GPT could help us, I don't know, write the Israeli Constitution or or punctuate biblical texts.
1:47.0	We are super thrilled to have you on the show.
1:49.1	Thank you so much for joining us.
1:50.7	Delighted to be here.
1:52.4	So how do we start?
1:55.3	How, as Noah mentioned, when you walked in, how does it feel to be the most hated person in Israel right now?
2:02.2	There's got to be a couple of rapists out there who are hating more than me. Come on, guys.
2:07.3	Maybe the top ten? Can we?
2:10.2	Okay, fine. Seven. We'll give you number seven.
2:12.6	Number seven. How does it feel to be number seven most hated person?
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