Six out of 11 judges voted to delay the implementation.
You want a judicial reform? Change the ridiculous Basic Laws setup to require a supermajority to pass and amend them.
When every day soldiers are dying and fighting side by side – Rightists and Leftists, secular and religious – the last thing the country needs is a reignition of old divisions.
The High Court struck down a basic law for the first time, essentially killing the main achievement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed 2023 judicial reform.
This specific amendment is not a limitation placed upon the judiciary’s power of review over acts of the executive. It is indeed the uprooting of this power.
"The amendment to the Basic Law was made... with the aim of influencing [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's] pending legal proceeding."
Knesset speaker Amir Ohana has suggested swapping the High Court with a "constitutional court."
The reasonableness law was an amendment to a basic law, which the court believes requires a high threshold for the court to nullify.
Basic laws lack clear boundaries as the Knesset has failed to pass Basic Law: Legislation to establish the rules for the articles.
Amir Ohana warned that a ruling to strike down a basic law would be "against the Knesset and Israeli democracy."
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