Israel was supposed to have a constitution. This was specifically stipulated in United Nations resolution 181, and in Israel’s Declaration of Independence which stated that the new government would create a democratic constitution. A constitutional assembly took place, but as he was also handling attacks from five enemy armies, Ben Gurion was afraid that if they sat and debated all the contentious issues regarding the nature of the state, this would cause an irreparable division. They decided to wait until a later date when circumstances on the ground were better. Whenever that would be.
Now, unexpectedly for the entire nation, democracy as we have known it, is on the edge of an abyss. This Pharisaic coalition wants to redesign the democratic institutions of Israel and take away freedoms most developed nations take for granted.
