Coalition lawmakers pass into law a bill enabling the justice minister and the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee to determine, in part, how the Israel Bar Association may use its own funds.
The law, initiated by MK Hanoch Milwidsky of the ruling Likud party, is approved 52-45 in its second and third plenum readings.
“The law against the bar association that was passed by the Knesset tonight is part of the campaign of destruction against the judicial system and gatekeepers,” Amit Becher, the head of the legal body, says in response.
Becher charges that “the legislative process was accompanied by attempts to intimidate and blackmail the bar association and me, so we would enable the thwarting of the selection of a Supreme Court president and allow the selection of judges who [Justice Minister Yariv] Levin wants.”
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