The Zionist Union party is appealing to the High Court of Justice today against the natural gas deal.
This is the fourth appeal against the deal. It urges the court to throw out the controversial framework, saying its legality is tenuous as it establishes a de facto duopoly in the nation’s strategic gas supply, and was passed through problematic constitutional procedures, including the resignation of Economy Minister Aryeh Deri in order to allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to become the acting economy minister and gain the power to override antitrust rules in order to ensure the deal’s passage.
The appeal is led by Knesset Economics Committee Chairman MK Eitan Cabel, Labor Party no. 2 MK Shelly Yachimovich and noted economist (and former Netanyahu economic adviser, now opposition lawmaker) MK Manuel Trajtenberg.
It is also joined by Zionist Union’s Economics Committee members: MKs Yossi Yonah, Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin and Yael Cohen-Paran.
The court has set the first hearing in the case for early February.
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