Winston Smith
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The idea that only a single written down document like a constitution guarentees civil liberties is false. Israel's Chukey Yesod (Lit. Basic Laws), have the same force of law as a codified contituion, just like Great Britain and New Zealand.
I didn't suggest any of that - I was responding to the claim that rights were "constitutionally" guaranteed in Israel.
Yes there is no codified contitution, but the Chukey Yesod basically have the power of a constituion, including the human rights one. So if the right is guarenteed by law, does it matter if it's called a constitution or a Chok Yesod?