An expanded panel of 11 Supreme Court justices is set to discuss an amendment to Israel’s Basic Law, which was passed by the Israeli government last March and makes it difficult to remove the prime minister from office, Israeli media reported.
The amendment states that only the prime minister himself or the Israeli cabinet, with a two-thirds majority, can declare the government’s leader unfit.
According to CNN, “the petitioners in Thursday’s hearing argue the amendment was passed solely for Netanyahu’s benefit – he faces an ongoing corruption trial – making it a ‘misuse of constituent authority’.”
שימו לב – טלי גוטליב הגיעה לעשות פרובוקציה בבית משפט.
ברגע שח"כ מירב כהן מעמתת אותה עם עובדות, היא שותקת. pic.twitter.com/UevQuqoolb— Hagar Sides هاجر سيدس (@hagarsi) September 28, 2023
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Michael Rabello, “who represents (Israeli) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Thursday’s court hearing, claimed that the court has no authority to axe a Basic Law.”
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is on the same page. He took to X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday, saying that the Supreme Court hearing is “illegitimate”.
הדיון בבג"צ על חוק הנבצרות הוא לא לגיטימי. העם אמר את דברו בבחירות ופקידים לא יכולים לבטל את הבחירה של העם. שופטים לא יכולים לבטל חוק יסוד ובטח שלא להמציא לעצמם או ליועמ"ש סמכות להדיח ראש ממשלה נבחר. זו האמת וכל היתר הצגה גרועה וחסרת תוקף.
— בצלאל סמוטריץ' (@bezalelsm) September 28, 2023
For his part, Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin reportedly said on Thursday morning that the Supreme Court hearing is “effectively a hearing on nullifying election results.”
Haaretz quoted Levin as saying that “postponing the application of the incapacitation law means that an official, as high ranking as he may be, will have authority he was never given and will participate in the absurd debate on declaring the prime minister unfit for office in stark contrast to election results.”
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In response to Levin’s remarks, the Kaplan Force, which is currently the main group sponsoring anti-Netanyahu protests in Tel Aviv, said that the justice minister “continues to act like a lawyer for the Sicilian mafia, and sends threats to the court as the hearing begins”.
“Such mafioso conduct is only found in dictatorships. The man leading a dangerous legal coup that is crushing the State of Israel already knows that millions will show up to defend the court and the gatekeepers against his actions,” the group added.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
We are waiting for the day to remove the first and second occupations.
The first is we know
the second is what Oslo brought the group of thugs in the name of Palestinian occupation which is an extension of the first occupation.