Three ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party last night demanded that the new emergency regulations restricting Israelis’ movements be extended to include the Knesset, the Haaretz daily reports.
That would paralyze most of the parliament’s activity, at a time when the government is already accused by its political rivals of refusing to open the Knesset plenum to allow votes in which there is a 61-strong majority against it.
Blue and White is trying to convene the Knesset to pass laws barring anyone facing an indictment from serving as premier and replacing the Knesset speaker — moves that would effectively oust Netanyahu.
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has been refusing, arguing that it would hinder unity government talks and citing the coronavirus pandemic which has shut down most institutions.
The demand to effectively shutter the Knesset, reportedly voiced by Likud ministers Yariv Levin, Zeev Elkin and David Amsalem, was eventually rejected.
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