Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says all Israelis must obey court verdicts, after the justice minister he recently appointed came under fire for suggesting the government was not always required to honor High Court rulings.
“Court decisions are binding upon everyone,” Netanyahu writes on his personal Twitter account.
After appearing to suggest in a TV interview yesterday that not all court rulings need be adhered to, Justice Minister Amir Ohana was forced to clarify he would respect High Court decisions.
Nevertheless, his remarks were sharply rebuffed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.
Ohana, a member of the ruling Likud party and Netanyahu loyalist, was tapped by the premier for the post last week and sworn in yesterday, making him the first openly gay government minister in Israel’s history.
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