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Monday, February 23, 2026
Supreme Court chief still not invited to Indian president’s Knesset address
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A spokesperson for the Judicial Authority tells The Times of Israel that, as of today, Supreme Court President Isaac Amit has yet to receive an invitation to Indian President Narendra Modi’s address to the Knesset on Wednesday.
The lack of an invitation is confirmed by a spokesman for Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, who replies that “there is nothing new” when asked if an invitation had been extended in line with established protocol.
The spokesman refers The Times of Israel to Ohana’s tweet from last Wednesday, in which the Likud politician condemned Opposition Leader Yair Lapid for threatening to boycott Modi’s visit to the Knesset unless Amit is invited to the special session. Lapid’s threat came after several recent high-profile snubs of the country’s top judge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition.
Responding to Ohana’s spokesman, an opposition source accuses the Knesset speaker of “causing this whole embarrassment as part of his primary campaign in Likud.”
“He’s putting his personal political interest above the national interest and above Israel’s international standing. No-one really understands why the Knesset speaker is forcing the Knesset into this situation. He is in power, he knows the protocol, he can solve it,” the source states.
The Times of Israel Community.