Judges selection meeting descends into farce due to government's status

By JPOST.COM STAFF
A Judges Election Committee meeting on the appointment of three new Supreme Court justices descended into farce on Monday when the current justices, including the court's president, Dorit Beinisch, claimed that the committee no longer had the authority to choose new judges, saying that the current government had a transitional status. The other committee members, including Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann and Environment Protection Minister Gideon Ezra, turned to Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz to ask his opinion on the matter. Mazuz came into the meeting room and explained that the committee did indeed have legal and judicial authority. Nevertheless, the justices disagreed and the meeting was adjourned.