Finance Committee Chair Calls to Close Israeli Supreme Court Over Budget Freeze

First reported by Srugim · 1 day ago

What happened

Hanoch Milvitsky, head of Israel's Finance Committee, condemned the Supreme Court's freeze on budget transfers to ultra-Orthodox groups and called for the court's closure, proposing a constitutional court as a solution.

• 01Finance Committee chair Hanoch Milvitsky criticized the Supreme Court's budget freeze ruling.
• 02The freeze affects budget transfers to ultra-Orthodox communities approved by his committee.
• 03Milvitsky named Judges Solberg and Stein as conservative justices now opposing the budget.
• 04He claimed the Supreme Court operates without proper regulation.
• 05Milvitsky called for closing the Supreme Court and creating a constitutional court instead.

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YnetCenter · Hebrew19 minutes ago

Finance Committee Chair Calls to Close Israeli Supreme Court Over Budget Freeze

Arutz ShevaRight · Hebrew26 minutes ago

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