Dershowitz Warns Against Reducing Independence of Israeli Supreme Court

Dershowitz Warns Against Reducing Independence of Israeli Supreme Court
Alan Dershowitz attends Hulu Presents "Triumph's Election Special" produced by Funny Or Die at NEP Studios in New York City, on Feb. 3, 2016. John Lamparski/Getty Images for Hulu
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Alan Dershowitz, a prominent U.S. lawyer, urged the incoming Israeli government coalition to reconsider planned legal reforms that would weaken the nation’s Supreme Court.

“It would be a terrible, terrible mistake for an override to be permitted by the Knesset [the Israeli parliament] in Israel,” he said in a video message published on Dec. 2 on the news site Ynet in the Hebrew edition.