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Self - Former Netanyahu Head of Communications: So, what happened in 2023? What was the difference between 2023 and the 20 years that came before? Only one thing -- the Supreme Court.
Self - Former Prime Minister of Israel 2006 - 2009: The Supreme Court was perceived by his partners -- the Ben-Gvirs, the Smotriches -- as the rival of what they want to achieve
Self - Former Advisor to Shimon Peres: because if you are an annexationist, the Supreme Court might stop you, so you need to castrate the Supreme Court from being able to stop you. At the same time, Netanyahu realised judicial reform could be a way to legislate his way out of his legal predicament. Netanyahu looked at the Supreme Court as an immediate, direct, personal threat to him
Self - Former Prime Minister of Israel 2006 - 2009: The Supreme Court was perceived by his partners -- the Ben-Gvirs, the Smotriches -- as the rival of what they want to achieve
Self - Former Advisor to Shimon Peres: because if you are an annexationist, the Supreme Court might stop you, so you need to castrate the Supreme Court from being able to stop you. At the same time, Netanyahu realised judicial reform could be a way to legislate his way out of his legal predicament. Netanyahu looked at the Supreme Court as an immediate, direct, personal threat to him
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So what happened in 2023
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What was the difference between 2023
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and the 20 years that came before
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Only one thing the Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court was perceived by his partners
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the Ben Gvirs the Smotriches
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as the rival of what they want to achieve
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Because if you are an annexationist
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the Supreme Court might stop you
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so you need to castrate the Supreme Court from being able to stop you
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At the same time Netanyahu realized judicial reform
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could be a way to legislate his way out
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of his legal predicament
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Netanyahu looked at the Supreme Court
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as an immediate direct personal threat to him
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Movie Summary
An inside look into the corruption charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu through leaked police interrogation videos.