Otzma Yehudit urges ‘reasonableness’ bill be passed as is: ‘No mandate’ to change it

24 July 2023, 11:18 am

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party says it opposes any “softening” of the “reasonableness” bill, calling for the coalition to pass the legislation in its current form.

In a statement, the party claims that shrinking the scope of the bill — which aims to bar judicial oversight over the “reasonableness” of government decisions — would “neuter” the legislation.

“We have no mandate to soften the bill… and especially not to make any commitment to delay the rest of the [judicial] reform,” Otzma Yehudit says. “We need to pass the legislation as is and afterwards continue forward.”