Protests in Israel: The Right’s Further Consolidation of Power

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🗓️ 26 July 2023

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Despite months of widespread protests, Israel's right-wing government passed a law on Monday curbing the authority of the country's Supreme Court to block government decisions. This legislative action is just the beginning of a larger plan aimed at bolstering the nationalist Israeli right's grip on power. This week on Intercepted, Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain are joined by Mairav Zonszein, an Israeli American journalist and a senior analyst on Israel-Palestine at the International Crisis Group. Zonszein sheds light on the social-political dynamics driving the protests, the far-reaching implications of curtailing judiciary power on Israel and Palestine, and the future of Israel-U.S. relations.

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0:00.0	This is intercepted.
0:30.0	Welcome to intercepted. I'm Jeremy Scayhill.
0:37.0	And I'm Matazo Sen.
0:43.0	Georgia can hear the anger on the street.
0:46.0	The vote in the Israeli parliament just taking place.
0:49.0	The protesters are not able to get near the parliament because of the police, but the protesters
0:52.0	are spilling right down the road.
0:54.0	There is real anger on the streets of Jerusalem right now.
0:57.0	Israeli media says it hundreds of thousands of Israelis rallied against the move as lawmakers
1:02.0	who oppose the bill stormed out of the chamber before the vote chanting shame leaving it to pass with unanimous approval.
1:10.0	For the past seven months, protest have taken hold of Israel.
1:14.0	As the right-wing government has embarked on a plan to limit the power of the country's judiciary.
1:19.0	This Monday, the Israeli parliament passed the first law of the plan, limiting the Supreme Court's ability to block government decisions.
1:26.0	And we continue with breaking news this hour.
1:29.0	Israel's parliament has voted and approved to change a crucial aspect of the country's judicial system.
1:35.0	The new law will limit the power of Supreme Court judges.
1:38.0	Earlier this year, in what observers have called a democratic crisis, the Israeli state began its attempts to scale back judicial power.
1:46.0	In March, widespread protests in opposition to the plan postponed any further development.
1:53.0	But Monday's vote by the Israeli legislature, known as the Knesset, was the first step in scaling back judiciary power.
2:00.0	And the Israeli nationalist right-wing is celebrating its passage.
2:04.0	The stakes are high, with the potential further consolidation of power by the right-wing.
2:09.0	There are a lot of implications what this could mean for the future of Israel, for the future of Palestine, and US-Israel relations.
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