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Smotrich says High Court hearing on recusal law is ‘illegitimate’
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem on August 9, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, calls the High Court of Justice hearing on the recusal law “illegitimate.”
“The nation made its voice heard in the election, and unelected officials can’t negate the people’s choice,” he says in a statement. “Judges can’t cancel a Basic Law and definitely not invent a power for themselves or the attorney general to oust an elected prime minister.
“This is the truth, and all the rest is a bad and invalid show.”
