>>> WHAT DO YOU THINK I MEAN
WHO DO YOU THINK I SHOULD SAY,
IS IN CONTROL OF THE GOVERNING COALITION RIGHT NOW?
COALITION RIGHT NOW?
IS IT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU,
DOES HE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
CONTROL HIS FAR RIGHT
GOVERNMENT.
>> HE'S IN CHARGE.
IT'S CONVENIENT FOR HIM THAT HE
ALWAYS PRESENTED AS THE OTHER
FORCES AND HE'S LIMITED BY HIS
COALITION BUT WE SHOULD NOT LET
HIM OFF THE HOOK.
HE'S THE ONE CALLING HIS SHOTS.
IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE POLICY,
HE COULD.
THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS WITHIN
THE COALITION THE COALITION HE
BUILT THIS TIME IS BY FAR THE
MOST RIGHT-WING EXTREME
GOVERNMENT AND HISTORY.
ONE OF THEM WAS PERSONA NON GRATA, INCLUDING THOSE LED BY
GRATA, INCLUDING THOSE LED BY
THE, PARTY, AND AFTER THAT,
THERE, WE SEE THEM BEHOLDEN TO
THEM, I SAY AGAIN, CAUTIOUSLY,
TO A CERTAIN DEGREE BECAUSE IF
HE WANTED TO CHANGE THE TRACK,
HE STILL COULD.
HE'S THE ONE IN CHARGE.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT ISRAEL'S
SUPREME COURT WILL TAKE UP THE
CASE AROUND HIS OWN POWER?
>> IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION,
THERE'S ALREADY A PETITION TO
THE SUPREME COURT AGAINST THIS LEGISLATION LIMITING THE
LEGISLATION LIMITING THE
SUPREME COURT POWER.
IT'S LIKELY THEY WILL TAKE IT
UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY THEY ARE
GOING TO GO.
I AM NOT A LAWYER BUT CERTAINLY
THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
THEY MIGHT TRY AND ADDRESS
THIS, THE BEST IS THAT THEY DO
NOT RULE AGAINST IT, BUT IF THEY DID, IT WOULD HAVE ISRAEL
THEY DID, IT WOULD HAVE ISRAEL
IN A REAL CONSTITUTIONAL
CRISIS.
OFFICIALS WOULD NOT KNOW WHO
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO OBEY, THE
COURT OR THE EXECUTIVE, AND
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD SOME
PEOPLE, EVEN THE HEAD OF THE
SECURITY SERVICE MENTIONED A
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
POTENTIALLY DOWN THE ROAD
SAYING TO HIS EMPLOYEES, DON'T WORRY IF THERE'S A
WORRY IF THERE'S A
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS, I WILL
BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
PRESUMABLY THAT WOULD BE THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW.
>> THE SUPREME COURT COULD TAKE
UP A NARROW INTERPRETATION OF
THE LAW, NOT NECESSARILY RULE
IT OUT COMPLETELY BUT TRY AND
DO SOMETHING TO CURB THE
IMPACT.
WOULD THAT QUELL THE IMPACT,
WOULD THAT BE THE GROUND THAT
WOULD GIVE ISRAEL A CHANCE TO
HAVE THAT MIDDLE GROUND.
>> THERE ARE OTHER DOCTRINES
THEY CAN USE AN ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW. BUT EVEN IF THEY DID THAT, THE
BUT EVEN IF THEY DID THAT, THE
PROTEST, THE UNREST, THE DEEP
UNREST THAT HAS BEEN CREATED,
IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC
LAW.
IT'S ABOUT THIS SWEEPING
AGENDA, THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS
PUT IN PLACE TO UNDERMINED THE
POWER.
THERE'S NO SECOND CHAMBER, NO
PRESIDENTIAL VETO, NO BILL OF
RIGHTS THAT'S HARD TO CHANGE.
THERE'S ONE CHECK ON EXECUTIVE
POWER THAT A SMALL MAJORITY HAS
AND THAT CHECK IS THE SUPREME
COURT USING THE HIGH COURT OF
JUSTICE.
THIS SWEEPING AGENDA IS TO
UNDERMINE THAT CHECK.
AND THAT IS WHY YOU ARE SEEING
THIS AMAZING OUTPOUR OF
DEMONSTRATORS, IMMOBILIZED
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ALL
WALKS OF LIFE, COMING OUT TO
DEMAND A SIMPLE THING.
THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT THERE
WON'T BE AN EXECUTIVE WITH UNBRIDLED POWER, EVEN IF THAT
UNBRIDLED POWER, EVEN IF THAT
EXECUTIVE REPRESENTS A
MAJORITY.
IT DOES NOT HAVE LICENSE TO
SIMPLY DO WHATEVER IT WANTS
WITH NO LIMIT ON WHAT IT COULD
DO IN CORRUPTION OR ANY OTHER
WAY THAN.
IN ISRAEL, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE
THIS ENERGY.
THEY ARE NOT ALL LEGAL
SCHOLARS, THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR
THEIR OWN DEMOCRACY.
>> WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 30
SECONDS.
HAS THERE EVER EEN AN ISSUE
THAT HAS DIVIDED ISRAELI PEOPLE
LIKE THIS ONE? KIND OF PUT THIS IN HISTORICAL
KIND OF PUT THIS IN HISTORICAL
CONTEXT FOR US?
>> DOMESTICALLY, ISRAEL HAS
NEVER BEEN MORE DIVIDED.
THIS IS THE LOW POINT, THEY'VE
HAD EXTERNAL THREATS AND MORE
BUT DOMESTICALLY SPEAKING,
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN MORE DIVIDED
OR GALVANIZE, EVEN IN THE DAYS
OF THE ASSASSINATION OF THE
PRIME MINISTER. YOU ARE SEEING ISRAELIS
YOU ARE SEEING ISRAELIS
DISTRACT EACH OTHER AND THEY
FEEL THAT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT