The report recognises that composition of the Chamber is likely to be on a representative basis, but asks if members should be selected through either direct or indirect election or perhaps by ex-officio membership or direct appointment.

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And like the Supreme Court's decision to hear the Green Movement's case, Weinstein's decision not to defend Galant's appointment was a direct assault at the foundation of Israel's democratic system.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Yoav Galant's depressing defeat

When a patient calls 111, an operator - who is trained in the same way as a 999 operator - can send out an ambulance, put someone straight through to a nurse, book an out-of-hours GP appointment, or direct the caller to a pharmacist or dentist.

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It has been a struggle to alter that: Bolivia's political elite fought hard against the loss of their direct influence on the judicial system, and in-fighting over the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court had threatened to mar the change.

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This state of affairs is what enabled the Green Movement - an environmental political party with no direct interest in Galant's homestead on Moshav Amikam - to petition the Supreme Court demanding that his appointment be cancelled due to his apparent misappropriation of state land.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Yoav Galant's depressing defeat