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Israel’s deep state narrative fuels judicial conflict | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 1245 words · By JOHANNA MAMANE
Deep State Narratives Israeli Judicial Reform October 7 Security Failures Democratic Institutionalism
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“In February 2026, an Israeli constitutional law professor launched a public petition calling on US President Donald Trump to impose personal sanctions on Israel’s Supreme Court president and attorney-general”
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The provided evidence contains Wikipedia entries mentioning a '2026 Iran war', but there is no mention of a constitutional law professor petitioning Donald Trump to sanction the Israeli Supreme Court president and attorney-general in February 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran targeting milit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the October 7 attacks and the outbreak of the Gaza war, the United States has provided extensive military, diplomatic, and financial support to Israel. This included rapid deployment of wars…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Isra…
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“Within weeks, more than 80,000 Israelis had signed.”
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No evidence in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries mentions a petition signed by 80,000 Israelis regarding US sanctions on judicial officials in 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran targeting milit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel and the Palestinians are engaged in an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the former territory of Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the conflict …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
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“In 63 BCE, Pompey conquered Jerusalem, and Judea became a client state.”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms the 'Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC)' occurred during Pompey the Great's campaigns, leading to the Roman conquest of the city.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hasmonean Judea, also known in part of its history as the Hasmonean kingdom, was an independent Jewish state in Judea and its surrounding regions, during the Hellenistic era of the Second Temple perio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean_Judea
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jerusalem is one of the world's oldest cities, with a history spanning over 5,000 years. Its origins trace back to around 3000 BCE, with the first settlement near the Gihon Spring. The city is first m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jerusalem
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) occurred during Pompey the Great's campaigns in the East, shortly after his successful conclusion of the Third Mithridatic War. Pompey had been asked to intervene in a d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(63_BC)
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“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invoked it [the deep state] explicitly on social media and from the Knesset podium.”
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Three independent web search results (i24NEWS, Fox News, and a report on a probe of his aides) confirm that Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked the 'deep state' via social media and official communications.
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web search NEUTRAL — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rails against 'the deep state' in a social media video filmed at the Prime Minister's Office, March 19, 2025. (Screen capture X)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-probe-of-his-aides-netany…
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web search NEUTRAL — The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a message on its official X account on Wednesday, asserting that "in the US and Israel, when a strong right wing leader wins an election ...
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/artc-netanyah…
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web search NEUTRAL — The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared opposition to him and President Donald Trump in a social media post.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/netanyahu-says-leftist-deep-st…
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“Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has promised to “trample” the Supreme Court president.”
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The search results for Bezalel Smotrich provide his biography and general role, but do not contain the specific quote or promise to 'trample' the Supreme Court president.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Israel by 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the twenty-sixth Knesset.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israeli_legislative_elect…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bezalel Yoel Smotrich (Hebrew: בְּצַלְאֵל יוֹאֵל סְמוֹטְרִיץ׳; born 27 February 1980) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Finance since 2022. The leader of the Religi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel_Smotrich
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“In Turkey, derin devlet (Turkish for “deep state”) named something documentable: informal networks linking the military, intelligence services, and organized crime, exposed in concrete detail by the Susurluk scandal of 1996.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that 'derin devlet' refers to the Turkish deep state and that the 1996 Susurluk scandal exposed the links between the military, intelligence, and organized crime.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sedat Edip Bucak (born 31 October 1960 in Siverek) is a Kurdish politician and the leader of the Bucak tribe in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. In the 1990s, he was a member of the Grand National…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedat_Bucak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Susurluk car crash was a car crash that took place on 3 November 1996 in the small town of Susurluk, in Turkey's Balıkesir Province. It resulted in the deaths of three of the passengers: Abdullah …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Susurluk scandal (Turkish: Susurluk skandalı) or Susurluk accident (Turkish: Susurluk kazası), was a 1996 political scandal in Turkey that exposed a close relationship between the Turkish governme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susurluk_scandal
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“Historian Mike Lofgren used the term in American political discourse in 2014, as a structural critique of the permanent federal bureaucracy.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Mike Lofgren's use of the term in 2014.
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“In Israel... no written constitution of fixed authority, no second chamber, no defined amendment procedure.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia and news links about Israel, but does not explicitly confirm the lack of a written constitution, second chamber, or defined amendment procedure in the text provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — The names Land of Israel and Children of Israel have historically been used to refer to the biblical Kingdom of Israel and the entire Jewish people respectively.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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web search NEUTRAL — Host Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute, talks with leading thinkers to unpack current events affecting Jewish communities in North America, Israel, and around the world,...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 18 hours ago · Stay informed on Israel News: All for the latest updates, and breaking news on Israeli politics, culture, Israeli sports, Health, and Tech from the Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news
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“Then-Supreme Court president Aharon Barak broadened standing requirements, adopted an elastic “reasonableness” standard allowing the Court to invalidate government decisions on broad normative grounds, and presided over a judicial appointments committee in which sitting judges hold effective blocking power over new appointments”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Aharon Barak's specific judicial actions described in the claim.
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“The Supreme Court’s January 2024 ruling striking down the “reasonableness” amendment – the first time in Israel’s history the Court asserted authority to invalidate a Basic Law amendment, by a margin of 8-7”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a January 2024 ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court on the 'reasonableness' amendment.
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“In March 2025, Netanyahu posted in English on his official X/Twitter account: “In America and in Israel, when a strong right-wing leader wins an election, the leftist Deep State weaponizes the justice system to thwart the people’s will.””
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“Days later, he told the Knesset: “Democracy isn’t in danger; the rule of bureaucrats is in danger. The deep state is in danger.””
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“The manifesto published by Moshe Cohen-Eliya in late April 2026 marks a further step in this evolution.”
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“The term he had been deploying for months on Channel 14 – “juristocratie,” a regime in which the judge is the sovereign and elected officials answer to unelected ones”
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“The months preceding October 7, 2023, provided a precise measure of what sustained internal fracture produces at the strategic level.”
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