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Lapid and Gantz meet in bid to find consensus candidate for judicial selection panel

By Carrie Keller-Lynn 31 May 2023, 6:49 pm 0 Edit

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

Opposition leader Yair Lapid (left) and National Unity party leader Benny Gantz meet in the Knesset on May 10, 2023. (Courtesy)

Opposition leader Yair Lapid (left) and National Unity party leader Benny Gantz meet in the Knesset on May 10, 2023. (Courtesy)

Opposition party heads Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz meet to try to find a consensus opposition candidate for the Judicial Selection Committee, ahead of the June 14 vote.

The two have yet to decide on a candidate, but “agreed to continue to work together and in coordination on the issue of the Judicial Selection Committee.”

Ahead of the meeting, the Labor party’s Merav Michaeli met with Gantz to discuss the issue.

Lapid is pushing Yesh Atid party MK Karine Elharrar for the committee, while Gantz says he’s deliberating between backing someone from his own National Unity party or another candidate. Michaeli has put forward MK Efrat Rayten.