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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Lapid: Attempts to disrupt High Court hearing on Shin Bet chief a ‘product of government’s ongoing incitement’
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Opposition Leader Yair Lapid condemns efforts to disrupt today’s High Court hearing on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ability to nominate the next Shin Bet chief, blaming them on the government’s harsh rhetoric against the judiciary.
“The shameful attempt to blow up today’s court hearing is a product of the government’s ongoing incitement against the High Court of Justice and a direct threat to democracy,” says Lapid. “In the next government, we will pass a constitution that will prevent such phenomena and end the internal conflict in Israeli society.”
Several members of the audience, including bereaved parents whose children were killed in terror attacks, refused to leave and were forcibly removed from the courtroom.
After the hearing reconvened, Supreme Court President Isaac Amit called the disruptions “an attempt to thwart a judicial process.”
“I don’t know of another Western country where this happens. This is a real injury to the heart of democracy,” he added.
The Times of Israel Community.