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Sunday, April 12, 2020
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Sunday, April 12, 2020
High Court won’t hear petition against tasking Netanyahu as PM for now
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe High Court says it will not consider a petition against President Reuven Rivlin tasking Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a government, saying such a decision would be premature.
As it has in the past, the court says the case is still a theoretical as Netanyahu, indicted in three criminal cases, has not been handed the mandate.
The petition, filed by 117 high-tech, business, security and education professionals, came minutes after Rivlin announced he would not extend Gantz’s mandate to form a government. Rivlin also suggested he would not transfer the mandate to Netanyahu.
The court says if Rivlin does give the mandate to Netanyahu, the petitioners can refile.
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