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Lapid backs Supreme Court chief Hayut: We stand with her in battle for Israel’s soul
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Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset on January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Opposition leader Yair Lapid throws his support behind Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut who launched a broadside against the government’s planned judicial reforms.
“I back every single word” from Hayut, Lapid says. “Democracy is not just the rule of the majority, a majority does not give anyone a blank check to do anything they want.”
“We will stand with her in this battle for the soul of the nation and against attempts to dismantle Israel’s democracy,” he says.
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