Judicial Reform
According to leaked drafts, the judges will vote 8-to-7 to nullify the “reasonableness law.”
“We must act to end Netanyahu’s role now and to expel Ben-Gvir and Smotrich from the government now,” said former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
The Judicial Selection Committee hearing was moved to Nov. 12 after Justice Ministry lawyers were called up for IDF duty.
Justice Uzi Fogelman will serve as interim president until a permanent appointment is made.
The “recusal law” strictly limits the reasons a prime minister can be ousted as unfit for office. Petitioners against the law say it is a “personal law” meant to protect Benjamin Netanyahu.
The U.S. Air Force is expected to lead a large exercise in Israel at the end of October, which is reportedly why the mid-month date was selected.
Appellants petitioned challenging the “constitutionality” of a Basic Law limiting the court’s ability to remove a PM from office.
Judicial reform has not gone the way the government hoped, with the Supreme Court taking the opportunity to secure even more power, observers tell JNS.
The leftist anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace was among those who organized the event.
WATCH: JNS CEO/Jerusalem Bureau Chief Alex Traiman and Senior Contributing Editor Caroline Glick offer a complete rundown and in-depth analysis of the multiple storylines taking place simultaneously as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a series of diplomatic meetings in the United States during the U.N. General Assembly.
Some call for a halt in judicial reforms and others for the ouster of the Israeli prime minister under the broader banner of “democracy.”
The counter-protest is being held while anti-government activists hound Netanyahu during his U.S. trip.
