Let's just be clear about the costs of authoritarianism

Even Israelis willing to throw away their civil rights might pause before gravely risking the country's economic and high tech miracle

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By Dan Perry and Steven Graubart

The new Israeli government’s plans for “judicial reform,” which passed a first of three readings in parliament last night, have been widely condemned for undermining the checks and balances of democracy to the point of creating an authoritarian state. What critics may be missing is that on principl…