The Israeli Knesset has voted 64-0 on a bill to limit judicial power. One of the objectives of the Bill is to limit the use of “reasonableness” as a standard to be used in judicial review. “Reasonableness” is a tricky concept: Vague and often circular. But Israeli courts had evolved a sophisticated jurisprudence around this concept. The issue, however, is not a technical debate over judicial power. This is a debate over the identity of Israel. It also has implications for the rest of the world. Zionism was a response by secular Jews in the 19th century to a rising...