A number of petitions recently brought before the Supreme Court typify much of what’s wrong with the Israeli judicial system. The appointment of new Shin Bet chief Maj. Gen. David Zini, the dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and the attempt to coerce Justice Minister Yariv Levin into recognizing self-appointed Supreme Court president Yitzchak Amit are but a few of the contentious issues pitting the government against the judiciary.

The clash between these branches of government has been brewing for years, even decades, since past Supreme Court president Aharon Barak undertook to refashion the entire legal system in his own image. “Basic Laws” suddenly had the force of an undeclared Constitution; the attorney general was deemed the executive branch’s final arbiter of the publ

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