Media & Policy for @NewIsraelFund; Contributing writer for @JewishCurrents
Nov 23, 2021 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
🧵/1 Israel’s Supreme Court is often seen as a bastion of liberal values in an increasingly illiberal country. But, this reputation needs another look.
Without a constitutionally backed system of checks and balances, the Court has been susceptible to rampant delegitimization.
/2 Rather than fight and lose, the Court has begun to silence itself.
The result is a once mighty institution, now afraid of its own shadow.
[NOTE: This is *one piece* of context for what is happening in Israel-Palestine right now]
1/ Nadine Awad, a talented 16-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel, was killed alongside her father by a Hamas rocket yesterday morning in the unrecognized village of Dahmash.
2/ This tragedy due in part to the fact that Dahmash has no infrastructure whatsoever, including shelters. I've written about why this is for @TheAtlantic here: theatlantic.com/international/…