“No market without democracy” – Tech scene criticizes Israel’s judicial reform

Tel Aviv Protests, fire letters, appeals: Resistance to the reform of the legal system is growing. After the chair of the Supreme Court, Esther Hajut, opposed the conversion on Thursday, tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a rally against the ultra-right and strictly religious coalition under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday evening. The focus of the criticism is the judicial reform of the new right-wing religious government. The accusation is that the coalition wants to weaken the Supreme Court and politicize the judiciary.

But resistance is also forming on the part of the economy. 400 high-tech entrepreneurs warn of “devastating consequences” if the government implements its goals. The business newspaper “Kalkalist” has now given the headline “Without democracy there is no market” on several pages investors, managers and entrepreneurs who categorically reject the reform plans have their say.