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Despite this, Smotrich also said that. since the Hamas terrorist attacks, he and his colleagues "have been doing everything" to achieve the "main goal of victory and the return of the hostages."
Ben-Gvir, Smotrich oppose deal in cabinet • Netanyahu to ministers: Israel has guarantees from US to resume fighting
Israel has been without a chief justice since October 2023, when former chief justice Esther Hayut’s tenure ended.
The initial bill was approved for its second and third reading in March 2023, but was frozen after mass protests broke out in the wake of former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s warning.
Even if Ben-Gvir and Smotrich oppose the deal, the agreement will still have a majority in government and is still likely to pass.
Sa'ar and Levin pitched the proposal as "evolutionary and not revolutionary," but according to Mandelblit, the proposal was indeed revolutionary.
Levin’s 2023 proposal would have given the government a majority on the committee and, thus, the power to appoint judges as it saw fit.
The report, which is due to be discussed in Knesset committees, has been sent to relevant ministries, government decision-makers, journalists, and academic researchers.
The National Unity leader is the first among opposition leaders to express a willingness to discuss the proposal to change the composition of the Judicial Appointments Committee.
Earlier on Wednesday, the two MKs called for a state probe during a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset.
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