Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Monday, July 3, 2023

Knesset panel meets on reasonableness bill; opposition: ‘Not an appropriate day to do this’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn 3 July 2023, 11:56 am 1 Edit

Carrie Keller-Lynn is a political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel

MK Karine Elharrar speaks at Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee hearing, June 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

The Knesset’s Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee restarts its discussion on constraining judicial review over the “reasonableness” of elected officials’ decisions.

In the backdrop to this fourth hearing on the controversial bill is the Israel Defense Force’s newly launched Operation Bayit Vegan, ongoing in the West Bank city of Jenin.

“Stop this race. This isn’t the appropriate day to hold the discussion,” says Yesh Atid lawmaker Karine Elharrar.

“What’s so urgent?” Elharrar continues.

Likud MK Tally Gotliv interrupts another opposition lawmaker making the same point, saying that anti-judicial overhaul demonstrators should “postpone the protests at Ben Gurion Airport.”