Bennett says law limiting Supreme Court must come up for vote soon

Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett says he is willing to wait a few more days for the “supercession law” to be brought before the Knesset, but will not accept it being shelved indefinitely.

The bill, which would limit the High Court’s ability to overturn laws it deems unconstitutional, passed in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation yesterday but seems unlikely to face a Knesset vote this week after Kulanu party chair Moshe Kahlon said he would oppose it.

Bennett says that the bill is the only option on the table to solve “the worsening problem” of African asylum seekers living in Israel.

“Three times the Supreme Court has overturned our solution,” he says of government-sponsored initiatives to forcibly deport the asylum seekers.

“The prime minister has asked for more days in order to reach a solution that we can all agree on,” Bennett says.

“I say to the prime minister and Kahlon — if you have a better solution than ours, put it forward. But without that, we implore you to continue with this law, the supercession law. We can wait a few more days, but not longer.”

— Raoul Wootliff