Today, Wednesday, the Israeli Supreme Court decided to postpone the implementation of an amendment to the “Basic Law: Government” aimed at preventing the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, so that the amendment will enter into force at the beginning of the twenty-sixth session of the Knesset, as “personal legislation that constitutes an abuse of the constituent power of the Knesset.” .

The court’s decision came in support of 6 judges, including the outgoing President of the Supreme Court, Esther Hayut, and the opposition of 5 others, noting that the court had considered the petitions submitted against the amendment, in an expanded judicial body composed of 11 judges, in a session held on Thursday, September 28. the past.

The legislation enacted by the government coalition and approved by the Knesset last March, as part of a plan to weaken the judiciary, aimed to prevent Netanyahu’s removal, by declaring his inability to carry out his duties, in light of his violation of the conflict of interest agreement that stipulates that he is prevented from dealing with judicial changes. Due to his trial on serious corruption charges.

The amendment stipulates that the Prime Minister can be removed by personally declaring his inability, physically or psychologically, to perform his duties, or by the government declaring his inability to carry out his duties for health reasons, provided that three-quarters of the ministers support this step, noting that this task was entrusted to the government’s judicial advisor. 

The Supreme Court had clarified that its decision “does not talk about canceling the amendment, but rather about the date of entry into force of the amendment in order to cancel the personal factor (that the amendment came to prevent the removal of Netanyahu),” and made it clear that the issue revolves around the entry into force of the law, and not the cancellation of the amendment itself to the “law.” Basis: The government,” while the government coalition considers that “the court is not authorized to repeal the Basic Law.”