But there seemingly is so much less chance & ability for folks to show their promise, to rise to prominence. And we have so many other institutions that are also wholly static: senators & supreme court justices that never move aside, that never let new folks rise up.
Again I want to emphasize my ignorance in the particulars of this country but my very simplistic gut feel is that this is country to is beset by more sad all-too Dynastic politicking, and that this obstructs better opportunities & better outcomes from arising.
He doesn't care about democracy, or freedom of speech, meritocracy or rule of law. He's an outlaw in a suit. And he'd run the country into the ground if it served his interests.
My understanding of the situation is more that the right has had many laws shot down consistently by the left leaning Israeli high court (equivalent to the supreme court in the US, except they choose their own judges, not the elected government). Recently, the right has come into a much stronger coalition (after numerous rounds of election over the past four years) and is now using the fact that they are unified enough to finally remove some (most?) of the power the court holds over the Knesset (parliament).
Concerns in Israel are that by defanging the Judiciary, the country will inevitably be at the mercy of the narrow majority. These concerns have economic and security as well as political basis, according to those who oppose the plan.