Business execs call on Netanyahu to let opposition have seat on Judicial Selection Committee

A forum of top business leaders calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show “statesmanship” and ensure that the practice of appointing a coalition and opposition representative to the Judicial Selection Committee is continued.

The call comes ahead of a vote today to choose the two MKs who will serve on the judicial panel. The signatories from the Israel Business Forum include the heads of some of the country’s largest businesses and companies, as well as the top executives of Israeli banks.

“Israel’s economy has been in great turmoil for many months,” reads the letter by the business forum. “We, who have a broad overview of the Israeli economy as a whole, are experiencing this in all sectors and are concerned that a change in practice that has existed for years will lead to further and irreversible damage to investors’ confidence in the Israeli economy and Israel’s ability to emerge from the current crisis.”