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== Connection to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict ==
{{See also|Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israel and apartheid|Israeli-occupied territories}}
[[File:הגוש_נגד_הכיבוש_בהפגנה_בתל-אביב-יפו.jpg|thumb|Anti-Occupation Bloc at Israeli judicial reform protests, 18th July 2023]]
Since the beginning of the protest movement against the judicial reform, the link between it and the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]] was a subject of debate. For instance, ''[[The Times of Israel]]'' wrote that protesters were faced with a continuous question of "how much, if at all, should the demonstrations focus on Palestinian rights?"<ref name="TOIHM"/> The debate on what implications the judicial overhaul would have for the Palestinians were discussed on articles and opinion pieces on [[Vox (website)|''Vox'']], ''[[Foreign Policy]]'', and ''[[Haaretz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2023/7/26/23807288/israel-judicial-overhaul-settler-agenda-netanyahu-smotrich|title=What Israel's judicial overhaul means for Palestinians|accessdate=23 September 2023|date=26 July 2023|work=Vox}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-06-01/ty-article-opinion/.premium/is-judicial-reform-a-trojan-horse-for-west-bank-annexation/00000188-716d-d2d1-afbe-7d6f3e3c0000|title=Is Judicial Reform a Trojan Horse for West Bank Annexation?|accessdate=23 September 2023|date=26 July 2023|work=Yaakov Or}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/07/israel-palestine-protests-judicial-reform-supreme-court-netanyahu-apartheid/|title=Why Palestinians Aren't Joining Israel's Protests|accessdate=23 September 2023|date=7 April 2023|work=Yousef Munayyer}}</ref> Some observers have argued that the reform and the [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories]] are connected, and that the Israeli government promotes the reform in order to further entrench the occupation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kretzmer |first=David |date=November 2023 |title=The ‘Constitutional Reform’ and the Occupation |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/israel-law-review/article/constitutional-reform-and-the-occupation/E5D6F5AD85DE8551D8745B66EDA6155F |journal=Israel Law Review |language=en |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=414 |doi=10.1017/S0021223723000109 |issn=0021-2237|doi-access=free }}</ref> Some also argued that the framework of a formal Israeli constitution, a demand of the protesters, would not be achievable until Israel's strategy in the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] is changed.<ref name="thb">{{Cite journal |last=Brandes |first=Tamar Hostovsky |date=November 2023 |title=The Constitutional Overhaul and the West Bank: Is Israel's Constitutional Moment Occupied? |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/israel-law-review/article/abs/constitutional-overhaul-and-the-west-bank-is-israels-constitutional-moment-occupied/A62298E9FD1810DCA4560452454EC294 |journal=Israel Law Review |language=en |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=415–425 |doi=10.1017/S0021223723000195 |issn=0021-2237}}</ref>▼
Since the beginning of the protest movement against the judicial reform, the link between it and the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]] was a subject of debate.
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On 9 August 2023, hundreds of Israeli and American academics published a statement claiming that the ultimate purpose of the judicial overhaul was to "annex more land, and ethnically cleanse all territories under Israeli rule of their Palestinian population".<ref name="WPEC" /><ref name="TGPM" /> The statement characterised that the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza as living under [[Israel and apartheid|apartheid]],<ref name="WPEC" /> and it criticized Jewish American leaders for paying insufficient attention to this "elephant in the room." It also called on them to directly support the Israeli protest movement, while also calling on the protest movement to embrace equality for Palestinians and Jews within Israel and the occupied territories.<ref name="TGPM" /> The initial 800 signatories include Jewish American academics, Israelis, Palestinians, religious leaders, and lawyers.<ref name="TGPM" /> Prominent Israeli signatories included historians [[Ilan Pappé]] and [[Benny Morris]], and former speaker of the [[Knesset]] [[Avraham Burg]].<ref name="TGPM" />
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