Bennett stated that while he would not claim Netanyahu ordered his advisers to act on behalf of Qatar, he should have "been the first to cry out and take action" when the affair was revealed.
Israel Hofsheet asked the High Court to freeze the national civic service track it says lets haredi men avoid IDF enlistment without a legal basis.
Kula’s appointment was previously struck down because the law governing the Judicial Complaints Commissioner bars the officeholder from taking on any other job or occupation.
Presiding Judges Rivka Friedman-Feldman, Moshe Bar-Am, and Oded Shaham agreed to Netanyahu's request.
Former military spokesman for the Prime Minister Eli Feldstein gave a public interview on Monday for the first time since he was accused over the Bild and Qatargate cases.
Yair Lapid, who also briefly served in the role, called it the "most serious treason case in the history of the State.”
Army Radio commander Tal Lev-Ram has said that he would fight the closure, which Defense Minister Israel Katz has pushed for, before the High Court of Justice.
The bill proposal will be brought to an initial Knesset vote on Wednesday; under it, the government would have complete control over the topics being investigated, including the judiciary.
Should the government's decision pass, Army Radio, which has been broadcasting for 75 years, would cease its operations at the very latest by March 1.
Aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deny a leak claiming MK Tally Gotliv harms Likud electorally, calling it baseless. This dispute follows her interview and party debate before elections.
While 59% of Jewish respondents viewed polarization as the greatest threat, only 39% of Arab participants said the same, possibly due to higher Arab sympathy with Palestinians.
