Amir Fuchs

The author heads the Israel Democracy Institute’s Defending Democratic Values program.

 Then-Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and all 15 justices assemble to hear petitions against the reasonableness standard law in the High Court of Justice, in Jerusalem, September 2023.

Why politicizing judicial appointments is dangerous for Israel - opinion

 THE DEMONSTRATORS’ use of flags and their reference to the Declaration of Independence is spot on, the writer asserts.

Fighting the judicial reform for Zionism - opinion

 ACTIVISTS HOLD copies of the Declaration of Independence in the visitors’ gallery during a debate in the Knesset over the Nation-State Law in 2018.

Legislating the right to equality is a must - opinion


Can a new Basic Law give Israel guaranteed basic right to equality?

Did you know? Israel has no law guaranteeing the basic right to equality.

A 1980 poster dedicated to Ze’ev Jabotinsky (1880-1940), 100 years after his birth.

The Knesset is not a sanctuary

This claim was first put forth in a letter from the Knesset’s legal adviser, Eyal Yinon, to the speaker of the Knesset with regard to the situation of MK Haim Katz.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the right-wing bloc faction meeting at the Knesset

Test of reasonableness

Does the law allow the prime minister to fire all the government’s ministers?

NETANYAHU AFTER the late-night vote.

Nation-state bill strikes blow to minorities

So the question arises as to whether the nation-state bill is essentially just a declaration, and what – if any – problems does it generate?

A man holds up an Israeli flag at the start of a soccer match [Illustrative]

MK Suspension Bill: Anti-democratic to the core

The Knesset must not approve the MK Suspension Bill since it will severely weaken Israel’s democratic character.

Israeli Arab MKs at protest in Beersheba against planned destruction of illegal unrecognized Beduin villages

An unnecessary and dangerous law

The proposal to suspend MKs via a parliamentary majority will intensify political witch-hunting and widen the Jewish-Arab divide.

The Knesset plenum

Rivlin under fire

President Reuven Rivlin is an exemplary model of the fact that democratic values are not the purview of the Left.

President Reuven Rivlin

Viewpoint: Override — A serious blow to democracy

Any attempt to stem the powers of the Supreme Court should be stoutly resisted by democrats from across the political spectrum.

The Supreme Court

Israeli democracy under threat

The nation state bill offers a distorted vision that would turn Israel into a dark, illiberal country that persecutes its minorities.

A Jewish woman gestures at a Palestinian in the Old City of Jerusalem‏

Overriding in the Supreme Court: A breach in the wall of democracy

An override clause is liable to deal a severe blow to the main safeguard of human rights and minorities in Israel.

Judges preside in court (Illustrative)

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