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For all the sturm und drang of recent months, efforts by Israel's coalition to reform our judicial system have so far created only a minor crisis that is nothing compared to the catastrophe we will face if we don't create a constitution soon.

First, there's no doubt that the nation's inarguably undemocratic judicial system needed repair. But those defects pale when we analyze the inherently dysfunctional structure of Israel's executive and legislative branches.

The legislative branch---our only popularly elected body---is also the weakest, since it is ruled with an iron hand by the executive branch. Members of the government's ruling coalition are not beholden to voters as much as they owe fealty to the ruling party leader: the prime minister.

In short, Israel's legislative and executive branches are not separated or independent and don't check or balance each other. Rather they are melded into an organization whose highest value is obedience to its ruler.

Yet despite its power, the executive branch is often held hostage by disproportionate demands of small…