The Knesset has recently amended Basic Law: The Judiciary to eliminate the ability of the courts to issue an injunction against the government or any of its ministers based on the reasonableness of their decisions. This article examines this amendment from various angles. The first section posits the amendment as part of a larger plan of the coalition to eliminate judicial review and provide the government with unlimited power. The second section emphasises that the amendment was legislated by the Knesset for itself, raising concern over a conflict of interest. This is followed by a brief explanation of the reasonableness standard in Israeli law, and an assessment of the duty to act reasonably, which stems from the democratic principle of the rule of law. The next two sections assess the many risks that the amendment creates, such as the types of decision that could be made without adhering to a standard of reasonableness, and the trimming of the power of the Attorney General as a legal ‘gatekeeper’. Special emphasis is given to the dangers that the amendment holds for the quality and diversity of the civil service. Finally, the article discusses the multiple reasons why the government should not be immune from a reasonableness check and tackles the arguments against the use of the standard of reasonableness by the courts.

This multifaceted analysis leads to the conclusion that the elimination of the reasonableness standard undermines basic features of democracy and fractures the social contract between the citizens and the government. Therefore, it should not be immune from judicial review.

议会最近修订了《基本法：司法机构》，取消了法院根据政府或其任何部长的决定的合理性发布禁令的能力。本文从多个角度审视这一修正案。第一部分将修正案视为联盟消除司法审查并赋予政府无限权力​​的更大计划的一部分。第二部分强调该修正案是议会自行立法的，引发了对利益冲突的担忧。接下来简要解释以色列法律中的合理性标准，并对源于法治民主原则的合理行事义务进行评估。接下来的两节评估了修正案带来的许多风险，例如在不遵守合理性标准的情况下可能做出的决定类型，以及司法部长作为法律“看门人”权力的削减。特别强调了修正案对公务员队伍的质量和多样性构成的危险。最后，文章讨论了政府不应免受合理性审查的多重原因，并解决了反对法院使用合理性标准的论点。

这种多方面的分析得出这样的结论：合理性标准的消除破坏了民主的基本特征，破坏了公民与政府之间的社会契约。因此，它不应免受司法审查。