Opponents of the so-called judicial reform are not giving up

Jerusalem Following the passage of the first element of the planned judicial reform in Israel on Monday, opponents are now taking the dispute to court: The Good Governance Movement, a non-governmental organization, filed a petition against it in the Supreme Court that same evening. According to her own statements, opposition leader Yair Lapid wants to do the same in the coming days.

The controversial law abolishes the so-called adequacy clause, on the basis of which the Supreme Court could previously review decisions of elected politicians and, if necessary, annul them. When the right-wing religious government was formed at the end of the year, the court used this standard to block the nomination of politician Arye Deri, who had been convicted of tax crimes, as home secretary.