Liberman rejects calls to revive judicial overhaul: ‘Now is not the time for Jewish wars’

By Sam Sokol 8 September 2024, 6:02 pm

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

MK Avigdor Liberman attends a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

In an apparent response to ministers’ threat to revive the government’s judicial overhaul, Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman insists that the government must not allow itself to become distracted from the war.

“Now is not the time for Jewish wars,” he tweets, arguing that the government is currently obliged to do only two things: defeat Israel’s enemies and bring home the hostages.

Only after these two goals have been achieved should other issues be advanced, he argues, stating that while the judicial system does need changes, “the only reform that is necessary and has been delayed since the establishment of the state is the establishment of a constitution and the establishment of a constitutional court.”