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politics2 years ago

"Netanyahu's Coalition Plans to Revamp Judicial Selection Panel and Halt Overhaul"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that his government will proceed with changing the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, a key part of the controversial judicial overhaul plan, and then halt further reforms. Netanyahu defended the need for balance between the government and the judiciary, stating that Israel's Supreme Court is "perhaps the most activist judicial court on the planet." The proposed changes would give the government near-absolute control over judicial appointments. The opposition has criticized Netanyahu's comments as "yet another display of weakness and lies." The High Court is set to hear petitions against the recently passed "reasonableness" law on September 12.

via The Times of Israel|
#benjamin-netanyahu#israel#judicial-overhaul
politics2 years ago

Netanyahu's Political Maneuvers Under Scrutiny.

Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman claimed that the political chaos surrounding this week’s vote for the Judicial Selections Committee was one big show that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a top political ally staged with opposition leaders. Liberman alleged Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz coordinated the vote with Netanyahu and Shas chief Aryeh Deri. Netanyahu and Deri were concerned about public backlash over selecting an opposition representative to the committee, so they decided to work in full coordination with Gantz and Lapid.

via The Times of Israel|
#avigdor-liberman#benjamin-netanyahu#benny-gantz
politics2 years ago

Netanyahu's coalition faces backlash after opposition wins judicial panel seat.

Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition traded blame and accusations Wednesday night after an opposition lawmaker was elected to a key judicial panel, sparking a hunt for who broke ranks to support the move. Several coalition members directed their fire at Netanyahu’s Likud party, the most moderate faction in the right-religious coalition, following the election of Yesh Atid MK Karine Elharrar to the Judicial Selection Committee, which nominates judges, including for the Supreme Court.

via The Times of Israel|
#coalition#israel#judicial-selection-committee
politics2 years ago

Israel's Political Turmoil Deepens as Netanyahu's Coalition Suffers Defeat and Judiciary Faces Scrutiny

Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition helped elect an opposition candidate to the panel that selects Israel’s judges, while overwhelmingly opposing its own candidate for the panel’s second slot. The narrow election of Yesh Atid’s Karine Elharrar to the Judicial Selection Committee may have temporarily staved off a wave of intensified nationwide protests against the Netanyahu government’s planned judicial overhaul, and could turn out to have prevented the total collapse of talks under the aegis of President Isaac Herzog on alternative proposals for judicial reform.

via The Times of Israel|
#benjamin-netanyahu#coalition#israel
politics2 years ago

MK identity vote tests judge selection panel overhaul talks.

Lawmakers in Israel will vote on Wednesday to select two colleagues to sit on the country's judicial appointments panel, in an election seen as a test for ongoing efforts to find a compromise on remaking the judiciary. The coalition and opposition have openly sparred over the two lawmaker spots on the nine-member Judicial Selection Committee, traditionally split between the two sides of the aisle. The vote is also causing ripples within each side's ranks, with the opposition united behind Yesh Atid MK Karine Elharrar as its candidate, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud promised a seat to far-right Otzma Yehudit in its December deal to form the coalition.

via The Times of Israel|
#coalition#israel#judicial-selection-committee