The recent legislation passed by the Knesset as part of the Israeli government’s judicial reform push—a bill that effectively restricts the courts’ ability to strike down government decisions on the grounds that they are unreasonable—elicited a host of reactions in the Arab world, including among refugees and exiles in Europe.
“Why is [Benjamin] Netanyahu insisting on becoming Pharaoh?” wrote Mohamed Khirallah, a commentator who is part of the Egyptian exile in Sweden.
