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John,

For over two decades, Mike has supported efforts in Israel to improve medical
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, co-foundeda leadership center
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, supported its innovativelocal programs
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, and more, but has not gotten involved in its domestic policies – until now.

In a new proposal from Israel’s government
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, a simple majority of the Knesset – Israel’s unicameral legislature – could
overrule the nation’s Supreme Court, including on matters such as speech and
press freedoms, equal rights for minorities, and voting rights.

As Mike writes in a guest essay for The New York Times, “The Knesset could
even go as far as to declare that the laws it passes are unreviewable by the
judiciary, a move that calls to mind Richard Nixon’s infamousphrase
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means that it is not illegal.’” He continues, “Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s government is courting disaster by trying to claim that same power,
imperiling Israel’s alliances around the world, its security in the region, its
economy at home and the very democracy upon which the country was built.”

READ MIKE'S MESSAGE
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Israel and the United States share values such as freedom, equality, and
democracy which can only be sustained by a commitment to the rule of law. Mike
writes, “If Israel retreats from that long-term commitment and moves its model
of governance toward one that mirrors those of authoritarian countries, it
risks weakening its ties to the United States and other free nations.”

Mike says it is his fervent hope that Prime Minister Netanyahu convinces his
coalition to heed pleas to “pull back and slow down.”

Take a moment to read Mike’s guest essay in The New York Times where he
speaks out against Israel’s government attempting to effectively abolish the
nation’s independent judiciary:


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MikeBloomberg.com





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