Politics and Knesset
Elazar Stern’s comments come after party and opposition leader Yair Lapid said that joining a unity government would “ruin the country.”
The heads of Israel’s security services deny report they planned to bypass the government and go public with judicial reform concerns.
The judges said the injunction was issued “for efficiency reasons only and is not expressing a position on the substance of the matter.”
Police determine that protesters can gather some 300 meters (985 feet) from the prime minister’s hotel.
An official announcement is expected after the president-elect is sworn in next week.
The think tank said the Channel 12 report is “categorically false.”
Reuven Landau, 18, and a friend were on a pre-army trip.
The investigators were reportedly employed by opponents of the government’s judicial reform initiative.
In an interview, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that his government intends to shelve large parts of its judicial reform plans.
A hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 28 with an expanded panel of 11 judges.
Israel’s envoy to New Zealand signed the communiqué with Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi.
The justices did not indicate when they would rule on the petitions.
