Leaders of opposition vow to repeal new judicial selection law in next government

In a joint statement, leaders of the opposition vow to repeal the new law changing the makeup and powers of the Judicial Selection Committee in the next government.

“The government of Israel has just approved a law with one goal — to ensure that judges become subject to the will of politicians,” they say.

“This is happening while 59 hostages are still held in Gaza. Instead of focusing all efforts on bringing them home and healing the divisions in the nation, this government is once again engaging in the very legislation that divided the public before October 7,” they add. “The government has learned nothing from the disaster. It continues to undermine national resilience, deepen division, and ignore its real tasks: security, the economy and unity.”

They promise that “In the next government, we will ensure that the law changing the Judicial Selection Committee is repealed, restoring the selection of judges to a fair and professional committee.”