Alan Dershowitz: Netanyahu administration went too far | Conflict Zone

Months of mass protests led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pause the reform that critics say would undermine the independence of the Supreme Court and erode the country's democracy and civil liberties. Prominent US lawyer Alan Dershowitz says Netanyahu's proposed judicial reforms would weaken Israel's highest court.

The fierce defender of Israel, and veteran attorney opposes the changes but says "I don´t believe this is the business of anybody but Israelis."

"Europe should butt out," Dershowitz added.

The retired Harvard law professor told DW's Tim Sebastian the international community in general and Europe in particular had nothing to say on the matter. Dershowitz said Netanyahu told him he wants "balance." The veteran attorney said he thought even if the reforms were adopted Israel would remain "a vibrant, vital democracy."

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:00 Alan Dershowitz defender of Israel, supporter of two-state solution
01:37 Meeting with Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian Authority President
02:11 This is an issue for Israelis, Europe should butt out.
02:45 Protests show Israel is and will remain vibrant democarcy
03:07 Supreme Court and minority rights, civil irghts,& human rights
03:31 Rules of engagement based on race & ethnicity, firing ammunition, Arabs & Jews, Itamar Ben-Gvir
04:55 Jewish diaspora on judicial reforms
07:30 Anti-Semites in government, The Squad, Republican party
08:35 Let Israel solve its own problems
08:45 Demonstrations show democracy is alive and well
09:42 It´s a form of anti-Semitism to focus so obsessively on every domestic issue in Israel
10:10 Yuval Noah Harari on oldest trick in the book & Holocaust denial
11:04 Not concern of Norway, Sweden, Germany, Italy
11:20 Netanyahu wants compromise, Iran´s nuclear program, terrorism
12:40 Charges against Benjamin Netanyahu and judicial reforms
14:20 Moral turpitude
17:30 Status of Arabs in Israel if reforms go ahead, Egypt, Jordan
18:15 US State Department report on human rights abuse in Israel
19:00 Chargest against Donald Trump, adultery, hush money
20:25 Is Alvin Bragg abusing the legal system and elected prosecutors
21:00 Running for office promising to "Get Trump."
22:00 Depoliticizing US justice system
22:45 Donald Trump a civil rights victim?
23:35 Abraham Lincoln, Jesus Chirst, Mohammed
24:15 Other legalperils for Trump, January 6, 2020, Georgia and classified material in Mar-a-Lago.

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