# Israeli Parliament Passes Law Limiting the Power of the Judiciary {struck down 1 Jan 2024} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 24, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-parliament-passes-law-limiting-the-power-of-the-judiciary-struck-down-1-jan-2024/987472 "2023-07-24T14:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-parliament-passes-law-limiting-the-power-of-the-judiciary-struck-down-1-jan-2024/987472/5 "2023-07-24T17:38:07Z")
We had a thread about this in the spring: > [@Israeli Protests and Potential Crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-protests-and-potential-crisis/981337): > > I don’t think we have a thread on this, but I feel like it’s a major issue. Unless I’m just being sucked in by sensationalist reporting? So it seems that the current Netanyahu government doesn’t like the fact that the Israeli supreme court can invalidate ruling government’s laws, but due to the lack of a constitution that would really define the separation of powers, they want to pass a law that would neuter the court. ? I readily admit I might be misunderstanding here, and that’s part of the r… I’ve been watching as well, and to me it’s yet another example of how the world is taking a really odd reactionary turn. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-parliament-passes-law-limiting-the-power-of-the-judiciary-struck-down-1-jan-2024/987472)._