Judicial Selection Committee

Interim Israel Bar Association chairman Amit Becher, a staunch opponent of the judicial reform, may have won the Bar's elections.

After Netanyahu’s declaration to move ahead with parts of the judicial reform, we have yet to see if our hope for change has sparked too early.

Netanyahu had also provided assurances to the opposition that there would be no tricks around this arrangement, the committee would be convened.

Each side said that the events in the Knesset where the coalition suffered a humiliating loss, whereby it did not select a member to the nine-member Judicial Selection Committee.

Israeli coalition officials said the prime minster prefers to have a Shas member on the Judicial Selection Committee instead of a member of Otzma Yehudit.

Leaders of the protest groups against the Israeli judicial overhaul vowed to meet Netanyahu's threats with protests and disruptions.

Lapid accused Netanyahu of trying to freeze the judicial reform to mollify the US and anti-reform protestors.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: What does Wednesday’s vote mean about the judicial overhaul, the talks at the President’s Residence and the government’s stability going forward?

Freezing the talks for judicial reform now doesn’t punish Netanyahu. It does, however, punish the Israeli public.

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