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{:en}Unconcerned for its Dignity, as it is with Liberty, the Knesset regulates Popcorn at the Movies{:}{:he}הכנסת אינה מוטרדת מכבודה העצמי, כפי שאינה מוטרדת מעיקרון החירות, ומעבירה רגולציות על פופקורן בקולנוע{:}

By Erik Zimerman On June 2, 2014 · Add Comment · In Joab's Men, The Whiskey Room

The Knesset, named after the ancient Great Assembly, Knesset HaGedolah, likewise composed of 120 members, is the parliament of the modern State of Israel. Its powers are virtually unquestioned, since the Constitutional Assembly which was supposed to compose and ratify a Constitution during the establishment of the state (according to the Declaration of Independence), instead enacted the Transition Law, in which the body renamed itself the Knesset and gave itself undefined and near unlimited powers as the state’s only and unicameral parliament. A series of “Basic Laws” are supposed to function as a quasi-constitution until that issue is eventually settled. Background – a Flawed System The much touted “checks and balances” and three branches of government (as in the USA) do not exist. The Prime Minister, rather than heading the Executive, is a creature of the Knesset, being the minister leading the majority party or coalition of parties in the Knesset. The relationship between the High Court and the Knesset is unclear at best. What is left is a single chamber of 120 members, who, unbounded by constraints, decides everything from its own customs and procedures, the powers of the judiciary who review and apply its legislation, to who is the Prime [...]

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America (or better said New York, Chicago and LA) has Chosen Disgrace, Dishonor and War

By Erik Zimerman On November 7, 2012 · Add Comment · In Against the Wind, Avvisi, The Whiskey Room

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{:en}Unconcerned for its Dignity, as it is with Liberty, the Knesset regulates Popcorn at the Movies{:}{:he}הכנסת אינה מוטרדת מכבודה העצמי, כפי שאינה מוטרדת מעיקרון החירות, ומעבירה רגולציות על פופקורן בקולנוע{:}

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{:en}Unconcerned for its Dignity, as it is with Liberty, the Knesset regulates Popcorn at the Movies{:}{:he}הכנסת אינה מוטרדת מכבודה העצמי, כפי שאינה מוטרדת מעיקרון החירות, ומעבירה רגולציות על פופקורן בקולנוע{:}

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