Justices of the High Court of Justice pressed attorney Yitzchak Bart, representing the Knesset's legal advisor, on the conclusion of the legal difficulties he presented regarding the deserters bill. Bart responded that there is no choice but to annul the law, according to N12.
The exchange unfolded during Tuesday's High Court hearing on the petition against the so-called 'deserters bill,' which would freeze arrests of Haredi yeshiva students evading conscription. Attorney Yitzchak Bart, representing the Knesset's legal advisor, had presented the legal difficulties in the legislation. Justices then pressed him on the conclusion to be drawn. Bart replied that there is no choice but to annul the law, according to N12. The statement aligns with the Attorney General's earlier position that the law is unconstitutional, as The Zioneer reported on July 24. The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee's legal advisor had also formally opposed the bill, calling it an illegitimate bypass of conscription law.
2 developments
- StrongKnesset committee legal advisor opposes deserters bill, says it bypasses conscription law
- DevelopingPetitions filed to High Court to disqualify new 'Deserter Law'
- DevelopingKnesset legal adviser opposes coalition plan to pardon draft dodgers and annul conscription law
- DevelopingKnesset legal adviser: Arrest freeze bill lacked desertion arrest clause, new subject claim valid
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