Yesh Atid MK Karine Elharrar defends the decision by opposition leader Yair Lapid’s party to take part in talks to restrict the scope of the “reasonableness” bill and pause the rest of the judicial overhaul as further negotiations are held.
“There are moments in life when you can’t only make political calculations. Someone needs to be the adult in the room,” she tells the Ynet news site.
Elharrar adds that Israel has been hurled into “a catastrophic situation” and says Yesh Atid doesn’t trust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“On the other hand, the rest of the things must be delayed,” she says, referring to the coalition’s other far-reaching proposals for changing the judicial system.
President Isaac Herzog yesterday launched a last-ditch bid to forge an agreement between the sides, as the Knesset began debating the bill ahead of the expected final votes today.
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