Netanyahu allies hail court ruling that he can form government

6 May 2020, 11:54 pm

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Politicians from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc welcome the High Court ruling that he can form a government and go ahead with the coalition agreement.

“The judge did well to not intervene,” says Culture Minister Miri Regev from Netanyahu’s Likud party. “The people are sovereign in Israel, and it has spoken.”

Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked, the former justice minister, says the arguments raised during the hearings were political, not legal, “and it’s good that the court refrained from interfering. The prime minister being tasked with forming a government is the height of a political process that fulfills the people’s will.”