Lapid: Netanyahu is 'crushing Israeli democracy,' torpedoing judicial overhaul talks

Opposition leader Yair Lapid says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “causing” judicial overhaul negotiations to end, after Netanyahu instructed his Likud faction to try and force a delay in choosing lawmakers to serve on the Judicial Selection Committee.

Netanyahu “is crushing Israeli democracy, the economy, security and the unity of the people. He broke his commitment to the president and is causing the talks to end,” Lapid says in a statement.

Lapid further accuses the prime minister of having “lost control of his government” and being “a prisoner of extremists.”

National Unity also released a statement saying it would not engage in further negotiations at the President’s Residence if the two MKs are not chosen for the panel today.