where the High Court interferes in the running of the government - it was always so, but now finally the Tel Avivians are feeling the brunt of what everyone else knew all along. Democratic elections mean nothing nothing if you have the self appointed High Court-of-leftists-for-life sticking their dirty nose up into everything. Time for High Court elections like Israel has for Rabbinical elections.

The problem with the Israeli High Court is that they took for themselves unlimited power but no responsibility. They fancy themselves philosopher-kings that can "correct" the wrong decisions democratically made by the unwashed masses, but unlike kings have no responsibility for the disasters their decisions cause. The only way to fix the High Court is by forcing them to take responsibility: they can overturn any decision made by the legislature or executive, but then they are held criminally and financially liable for the results.

Isn't separation of power a basic must in democracy? Otherwise we fall directly into totalitarism

... is that Israel's Supreme Court seems intent on writing new law. That is not their role. Their role is to interpret the law; not craft new ones. There is no place for such judicial activism in Israeli society. If the Supreme Court justices wish to write new law, they can join one of Israel's many political parties and hope for a slot in the Knesset. The role of the judiciary, as I said, is to interpret the law. Not create it. The justices of Israel's Supreme Court have stepped well outside their role. It is time to reel them in -- they must respect the wishes of the Israeli public, as expressed in the laws enacted by the Knesset. If they cannot do that, then they have a duty to the Israeli body politic to resign, rather than impose their views upon the Israeli people. The Israeli people do not vote for the judges of the Supreme Court. And the judges are not tasked with writing the law.