Judicial Reform
The opposition says it must fill a Knesset member’s spot on the committee.
A meeting between Amichai Chikli, minister of diaspora affairs, and D.C. Jewish leaders, was canceled after rabbis who were supposed to be part of the meeting dropped out and a protest was scheduled.
“It’s time for them to stop trampling every norm of decency,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Alan Dershowitz calls out the left, Simcha Rothman attacked, and demonstrations at the prime minister’s home.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the vice president knew that Knesset member Simcha Rothman, the “architect” of judicial reform, was in the audience.
National Unity and Labor decided not to field their own candidates.
The U.S. vice president called for an “independent judiciary” during a speech at the Israeli embassy in Washington in honor of Israel’s 75th anniversary.
Harassment by reform opponents spills over into the United States.
“We will fix the justice system. We are not impressed by the mafioso threats you make towards us,” Yariv Levin said.
Yesh Atid is demanding that Justice Minister Yariv Levin convene the Judicial Selection Committee by the end of June.
Knesset member Simcha Rothman is one of the architects of the government’s judicial reform program.
With the state budget passed, judicial reform is back on the government’s agenda.
