In an unusual incident at the Knesset Constitution Committee, chair MK Simcha Rothman expelled one of the deputy attorneys general from the room and rebuked him during a hearing. All deputy attorneys general attended the session, according to the report.
In a heated moment during a Knesset Constitution Committee hearing on Tuesday afternoon, committee chair MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionist Party) singled out one of the deputy attorneys general present, removed him from the room and rebuked him, according to an Israeli media report. The report described the event as 'unusual,' noting that every deputy attorney general attended the session in what appeared to be a coordinated professional representation of the Justice Ministry. The specific legislation under discussion or the exact cause of Rothman's ire was not detailed in the initial report. The incident is the latest in a series of public confrontations between coalition lawmakers and the legal establishment since the current government's judicial overhaul push began in 2023.
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