This was enacted using legislation from the time of the British colonial occupation of Palestine, which goes against every constitutional principle and assumes basic hostility between the government and the subject populace.
The Israeli parliament actually decides, every year, that Israel is in "a state of emergency" (never ending, of course) to prevent some of these powers from expiring. This has been happening mainly for suppressing the Palestinian population and limiting the freedom of the press.
It's true that over time, a lot of this has been scaled back (e.g. you no longer need a permit to issue a newspaper). But instead, Israel has adopted new draconian anti-privacy legislation, like the "Big Brother law" of 2008 IIRC, which allows the executive branch to access phone and cellular geo-location records without a search warrant, etc.
Also, some of the measures now in place were introduced despite the relevant parliamentary committee for overseeing these matters _rejecting_ fast-track approval, demanding additional information. The government just went ahead and ignored them. It's also convenient that the government is preventing parliament from properly convening (no more than 10 people at a time), and most court sessions from occurring.
This was enacted using legislation from the time of the British colonial occupation of Palestine, which goes against every constitutional principle and assumes basic hostility between the government and the subject populace.
The Israeli parliament actually decides, every year, that Israel is in "a state of emergency" (never ending, of course) to prevent some of these powers from expiring. This has been happening mainly for suppressing the Palestinian population and limiting the freedom of the press.
It's true that over time, a lot of this has been scaled back (e.g. you no longer need a permit to issue a newspaper). But instead, Israel has adopted new draconian anti-privacy legislation, like the "Big Brother law" of 2008 IIRC, which allows the executive branch to access phone and cellular geo-location records without a search warrant, etc.
Also, some of the measures now in place were introduced despite the relevant parliamentary committee for overseeing these matters _rejecting_ fast-track approval, demanding additional information. The government just went ahead and ignored them. It's also convenient that the government is preventing parliament from properly convening (no more than 10 people at a time), and most court sessions from occurring.