Ben Gvir calls to immediately pass bill giving coalition control over judicial picks

14 June 2023, 7:33 pm

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Head of the Otzma Yehudit party National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

After an opposition member was selected to the Judicial Selection Committee, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir calls for “immediately” passing legislation aimed at giving the coalition full control over the appointments of judges.

The bill was on the verge of being passed into law but was frozen in late-March to allow for judicial negotiations, amid major and growing public opposition.

“The fact that some Likud members voted against the coalition’s stance is very troubling and raises a big question mark if all Likud members are committed to the judicial reform,” Ben Gvir charges in a statement.

“In a public vote we’ll see if all Likud is committed to the right or not,” he adds, in reference to today’s vote being a secret ballot.