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Likud’s Amsalem calls to put Supreme Court President Hayut, former chief justice Barak on trial
Likud MK David Amsalem speaks in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Likud’s David Amsalem calls to put Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and former chief justice Aharon Barak on trial for “an attempted coup” following mass protests across the nation for months over the government’s plans to overhaul the judiciary.
“What has happened in Israel in the last 3 months is an attempted coup started by Aharon Barak. He and Hayut should stand trial for this,” Amsalem tells Channel 12 news, noting the supreme court president’s extraordinary speech against the government’s legal shakeup plans.
“Today there is total anarchy. A commission of inquiry should be established,” he says.
Amsalem was recently installed as a second minister within the Justice Ministry.
