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Eisenkot Bloc to Form Committees to Undo Netanyahu's Judicial Reforms

By Александр Бавира

Translated & summarized from Mignews by baba

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A bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot will establish parliamentary committees to repeal five controversial laws from Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform. These laws concern judicial appointments, the legal advisor's powers, police investigations, communications, and prime ministerial incapacitation. The Supreme Court has already intervened in some of these laws, and other reform initiatives have faced legal obstacles.

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Gadi Eisenkot's bloc will create committees to repeal five controversial judicial reform laws.
The committees will review laws on judicial appointments and the legal advisor's powers.
Plans include reversing changes to police internal investigations and communications reform.
A fifth law limiting prime minister incapacitation is also targeted for repeal.
The Supreme Court has already suspended key provisions of some of these laws.

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A bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, has agreed to establish special parliamentary committees tasked with repealing five controversial laws enacted by the outgoing Netanyahu coalition as part of its judicial reform. Israeli media reported the development. The committees will primarily be headed by deputies from Yair Golan's Democratic Party. Their mandate includes reviewing the law that expands the Knesset's influence over judicial appointments and the one limiting the powers of the government's legal advisor. The plans also aim to reverse provisions granting the Justice Minister control over the police's internal investigations department and a significant communications reform criticized for threatening press freedom. The fifth law restricts the grounds for declaring a prime minister incapacitated, which critics argue was intended to shield Netanyahu from potential removal from office due to his ongoing corruption trial. The Supreme Court has already suspended key provisions of the laws concerning police investigations and communications, and postponed the implementation of the judicial recusal law until the 26th Knesset convenes. Other reform initiatives have also faced legal challenges.