Israel: the discriminatory measures of the new government criticized by former judges

Israeli President Isaac Herzog, here in February 2016. © AFP/File

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This Wednesday, December 28, the Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, summoned the future minister responsible for the police and leader of the Jewish Force party to express his concerns, while asking him to moderate his positions on the discriminatory measures. advocated by the new government.

Measures that make Israeli civil society and retired judges react. 

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In Israel, the far-right government led by Benyamin Netanyahu faces the warning issued by 78 former Israeli judges, on the eve of the inauguration of the new Israeli executive, the most extremist the country has ever known. 

The governing coalition's political agenda, they warn, challenges Israel's moral values ​​and risks fundamentally changing the country's image, not only internally, but also in the eyes of the world.

In an open letter, retired judges, freed from the duty of secrecy, openly criticize the legislative reform planned by the team put together by Binyamin Netanyahu which, they say, erodes the rights of citizens and removes the separation of powers .

For their part, several Israeli companies have also gone on the counterattack after the remarks of several MPs of the majority in favor of discrimination, in particular of the

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Discount Bank, Israel's third-largest bank, says it will not extend credit to organizations that discriminate against their customers on the basis of religion, race, gender or sexual orientation .

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