With less than one week before the Israeli election, 30 per cent of eligible voters say they are “undecided.” After three years of war and horror, many Israelis are anxious and depleted.
Even before October 7, the coalition government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had shaken the country to its core. The “judicial reform” policy that was being rammed through the Knesset sparked months of unprecedented civil discord and disobedience. Netanyahu’s coalition partners were determined to re-imagine the judiciary and quasi-constitutional framework of the country in a manner that would give the elected representatives in the Knesset absolute control over all branches of government and, tellingly, the judiciary.
