To: TobagoJack who wrote (195849 ) 2/4/2023 11:05:11 AM From: Haim R. Branisteanu Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 217573 TJ I would wish that China China will be as technocratic as India. India is far from being a true democracy but much better than the totalitarian China. So as a ultra-nationalist Chinese you have very little weight in criticizing Modi of India, and worse you have now a ultra-nationalist Israeli Government (with a PM that may face Jail time) similar to Hungary and almost as bad as China Opinion | Israel, Be Warned: This Is How You'll Turn Into Orban's Hungary Orbán killed Hungary's independent media and universities. His takeover was brilliantly executed. There are even fewer barriers to Netanyahu enacting similar 'reforms,' a key component of the decimation of democracy, in Israel The Netanyahu government's reckless proposals to end judicial autonomy in Israel are rightfully grabbing headlines and provoking mass protest. But recent Hungarian experience shows that seemingly technical changes aimed at privatizing and restructuring publicly funded institutions are equally devastating for democracy, especially when they target the media and universities. Israel, Be Warned: This Is How You'll Turn Into Orban's Hungary - Israel News - Haaretz.com Israel's Attorney General Is Not Going to Blink FirstIsrael is on the brink of a fateful showdown, and all eyes are on the attorney general. Anyone who knows Gali Baharav-Miara's career history knows what she's going to do next Hilo Glaze Feb 3, 2023 Among the list of things that have been giving Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara sleepless nights, the possibility that she will be removed from office is in last place. The impression of people who have spoken with her in recent weeks is that there are matters that she finds far more disturbing. Especially those outside the bounds of her direct influence. The resignation of the justices, for example. That, she warns, would be a gift that would allow the authors of the government’s justice “reform” to alter the face of the Supreme Court unrecognizably. Israel's Attorney General Is Not Going to Blink First - Israel News - Haaretz.com