Israel set to kick attorneys out of judge selection panel - why?
The Bar representatives would be replaced by a Knesset Committee chairman, a minister and two representatives of the Justice minister.
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The Bar representatives would be replaced by a Knesset Committee chairman, a minister and two representatives of the Justice minister.
An 11-justice panel voted by 10-1 to strike down the appointment as "unreasonable in the extreme."
Netanyahu will take the podium and present the incoming government's policy, the composition and the division of duties between the ministers; Yair Lapid, will make a speech; there will be a toast in honor of the newly-elected Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana
Israel has made tremendous efforts in reaching gender equality, writes Israeli Ambassador Orna Sagiv on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Supreme Court President Ester Hayut arrives at a hearing on Netanyahu's appointment of Ofer Akunis as Justice Minister, April 27, 2021. The government convened on Tuesday for a zoom debate on the appointment of a new justice minister, a position that had been vacant for several months, in violation of the law. A week ago, some three weeks after Benny Gantz’s temporary appointment as justice minister had expired, the High Court informed the government that it must appoint a person to the position immediately. So far, Supreme Court justices had refused to...