PM Netanyahu Pauses Judicial Reform in Israel: Is that a Good Thing?

PM Netanyahu appears to have called for a pause in the legislative push for reform so that all parties may consult and, hopefully, reach some form of consensus.

“Is it a good thing?”

That’s the question that everyone in Israel and so many abroad are asking as we move into the weekend before Passover.

I write this in an almond orchard in the Golan Heights, strong coffee in hand, on a brilliantly sunny morning. It’s chilly up here with a brisk breeze.

I needed distance – physically and psychologically - from the may…