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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Chief justice clears High Court audience after repeated interruptions to Shin Bet chief hearing: ‘An attempt to thwart judicial process’
Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
After further interruptions to the High Court hearing on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ability to nominate the next Shin Bet chief, Supreme Court President Isaac Amit halts proceedings again and orders court security to remove all members of the audience.
Several members of the audience, including bereaved parents whose children were killed in terror attacks, refuse to leave and are forcibly removed from the courtroom.
“We were witness to an attempt to thwart a judicial process,” says Amit after the hearing is restarted.
“I don’t know of another Western country where this happens. This is a real injury to the heart of democracy,” the court president adds.
בג"ץ מינוי ראש השב"כ- השופטים קיבלו החלטה שהקהל יצא, גם משפחות שכולות, משני הצדדים. חברי כנסת, עוד לא הוחלט לגביהם.
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