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From curbs on freedom of speech to the effort to undermine the judiciary to the delegitimization of the opposition, the government is making Israel another Russia, Turkey or Hungary. Experts tell Haaretz how much
Not a day goes by without someone warning about Israel's decline toward the dark realms of autocracy. Early this month it was former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, who explained in simple terms that Israel was already under one-man rule and no longer a liberal democracy. Barak was speaking at an anti-government protest on the third anniversary of the launch of Justice Minister Yariv Levin's attempt to weaken the judiciary.
