Esther Hayut
Justice Uzi Fogelman will serve as interim president until a permanent appointment is made.
The Knesset Law Committee chair wanted the Supreme Court president disqualified for bias.
The chair of the Knesset Law Committee cited a speech in which the Supreme Court president slammed judicial reform.
The judges said the injunction was issued “for efficiency reasons only and is not expressing a position on the substance of the matter.”
The hearing is set for 10 a.m. on Sept. 12, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut announced.
The High Court acted on a petition accusing the prime minister of an illegal act for speaking publicly on judicial reform.
“There was a certain duality between the way the decision was presented by the spokespeople as a pro-nationalist decision when it was actually in practice clearly anti-nationalist, negating national interests and values,” says Menashe S. Yado, an attorney for Honenu, who represented bereaved families in the case.
“The judiciary is an island of stability in this time of great upheaval, although unfortunately there are those who have set themselves the goal of harming and weakening it,” says Chief Justice Esther Hayut.
“While [her] behavior is contemptible, it does not negate Israel’s right to exist,” says Chief Justice Esther Hayut, overruling the Elections Committee ban on the participation of No. 7 on Labor’s list.
Reactions pour in from across political spectrum after landmark High Court ruling in favor of coalition deal • Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked: “Even the obvious must be stated: This isn’t law, it’s politics.”
The judges made it clear that they do not rule regarding political agreements. They rule on laws, and since the laws in the coalition agreement have not yet been voted into law, they will not issue rulings about them.
The court is being asked to decide whether or not a prime minister under indictment should be permitted to form a government.
