Constitution

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

The Declaration of Independence has no formal legal status in the Israeli government system, which Lapid proposed should be changed by making the document the first chapter of a new constitution.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Israel is struggling to define itself and simultaneously deal with physical threats.

Barak Medina: "We suggest that instead of rewriting or writing a new constitution, we may simply try to change the formal status of the Declaration of Independence."

The current crisis can be an opportunity to rectify the constitutional vacuum through broad compromise on the rules of the game.

We appeal to President Herzog to convene the Zionist constitutional convention of our time, to wrest true democracy from the liberal theocracy of which we hypocritically boast in vain.

What is being proposed as part of the Israeli government's judicial reform plan and how does it stack up to the US?

The judicial reform crisis should be turned into a moment of renewed unity and rebirth of democracy.

I spoke with a number of experts, who offered several pragmatic swords to cut the tangled Gordian knot. What emerged is a three-step “coffee-shop” solution: small, medium and large.

With the Israeli people divided about judicial reforms, let's think about ways to tackle the most important issues the country is facing.