On Tuesday morning, the Israeli Supreme Court, with its entire expanded and unprecedented bench, which includes 15 judges, is considering the petitions submitted to it requesting the cancellation of the Basic Law reducing the “argument of reasonableness.”

Hebrew media described this event as a “historic day” and could be the beginning of a prolonged constitutional crisis.

The expected session begins at nine o'clock this morning, and will last about six and a half hours. As reported by the Arabic-speaking Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

The judges will first hear the position of a representative of the Knesset, followed by two others, one representing the Israeli government and the other the government’s legal advisor. Each of them will be allocated an hour to present his arguments, and then the court will listen to the positions of the petitioners.

The proceedings of the session will be broadcast live on the website of the Israeli judiciary.

The court is expected to issue its decision on the petitions no later than the end of this year.

Yesterday evening, the President of the Supreme Court, Judge Esther Hayut, rejected a fourth request to recuse herself from considering these petitions.

Yesterday evening, thousands of Israelis participated in a demonstration organized in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, against the judicial changes plan.

Similar demonstrations are scheduled to be held today in several regions.