nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230712-231205-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230712s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230712-231205-0 doi eng 342 23 Weill, Rivka Author aut Did Israel Lose its Sanity? - The Struggle over the Reasonableness Doctrine Weill, Rivka Verfassungsblog 2023-07-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Israel is in the midst of an acute struggle over its constitutional identity. We are witnessing a government adamant about revolutionizing Israel’s constitution (“Basic Laws”), which may typically be amended by a simple majority of the legislature and is thus prey to the whims of an extreme government. The most recent move on the government’s agenda, passing a constitutional amendment that would severely restrict the reasonableness doctrine, would bring Israel closer to the brink of constitutional chaos. In this blog, I explain the theoretical arguments in favor and against the proposal and lay out the implications, should this proposal go through, given the government’s true, concerning motivations that are already evident on the grounds. CC BY-SA 4.0 Democratic Backsliding Israel Knesset Reasonableness Rule of Law rule of law backsliding Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/did-israel-lose-its-sanity/ raw object