Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis rushed to hospital in serious condition
Judge, 81, led court between 2012-2015 and is chair of Senior Appointments Advisory Committee, which was to convene on Thursday to discuss Netanyahu's nominee for Mossad chief
Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis was rushed to the hospital in serious condition on Tuesday.
He was taken to the Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv.
Grunis was suspected of having suffered a stroke, Channel 12 reported, without citing sources.
The 81-year-old conservative led the court from 2012 to 2015. He currently chairs the Senior Appointments Advisory Committee.
The committee is vetting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nominee for Mossad chief, Roman Gofman, whose selections have been questioned over his involvement in the use of a minor for a so-called influence operation while serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
The committee was supposed to convene on Thursday to discuss Gofman’s appointment.
Grunis also leads the state commission of inquiry tasked with investigating the Submarines Affair. Formed under former prime minister Naftali Bennett in 2022, it is probing some $2 billion worth of deals with German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp that have been under scrutiny for possible corruption and bribery.
One aspect of the probe deals with critics’ accusations that Netanyahu green-lit a 2014 naval deal between Germany and Egypt that jeopardized Israel’s qualitative advantage at sea.
Grunis began his judicial career in 1988 when he was made a judge at the Beersheba District Court. He later transferred to the Tel Aviv District Court. In 2003, he was appointed to the Supreme Court, becoming its president in 2012.