Yisrael Beytenu backs Likud MK for judicial panel, National Unity voting against her

By Carrie Keller-Lynn 14 June 2023, 2:24 pm

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Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel

Likud MK Tally Gotliv outside the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition MK Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party says it’ll vote in favor of appointing Likud MK Tally Gotliv to the Judicial Selections Committee, in an effort to torpedo Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s push to delay the appointment of two lawmakers to the panel.

“We are acting according to the tradition of two candidate,” the party says in a statement, meaning one for the coalition and one for the opposition. “We don’t dance to Netanyahu’s flute.”

But MK Benny Gantz’s opposition National Unity party announces it will only vote for candidate MK Karine Elharrar. A statement from the party says “we won’t play games and risk keeping MK Gotliv” as a committee member.