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Why politicizing judicial appointments is dangerous for Israel - opinion

The framework eliminates the current supermajority requirement for appointing Supreme Court justices and replaces it with mutual veto power for the coalition and opposition.

 Then-Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and all 15 justices assemble to hear petitions against the reasonableness standard law in the High Court of Justice, in Jerusalem, September 2023.
Then-Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and all 15 justices assemble to hear petitions against the reasonableness standard law in the High Court of Justice, in Jerusalem, September 2023.
(photo credit: DEBBIE HILL/POOL/REUTERS)
ByAMIR FUCHS
MARCH 1, 2025 21:07
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