The representative of the Knesset's legal advisor told the High Court of Justice on Tuesday that the law freezing arrests of yeshiva students evading conscription must be annulled because it was not enacted in accordance with Knesset rules, according to reports by Amit Segal (N12) and other Israeli media. The remarks go further than earlier statements that the law 'apparently must be annulled.'
The representative of the Knesset's legal advisor told the High Court on Tuesday morning that the coalition-backed law freezing arrests of yeshiva students evading conscription must be annulled, according to reports by Amit Segal (N12) and other Israeli media. The representative stated that the law was not enacted in accordance with Knesset rules and that 'the conclusion is to annul the law, there is no choice.'
The remarks mark an escalation from earlier statements made by the same representative roughly an hour earlier, in which he said the law 'apparently must be annulled,' as reported by Amit Segal (N12). The two statements came during the same court hearing.
The law, which grants immunity from arrest to yeshiva students who do not report for military service, has been at the center of a legal and political controversy. The Knesset's legal advisor had previously warned that the bill was legally flawed, and the High Court is now weighing petitions against it. The representative's testimony before the court suggests that the legislation's procedural defects are significant enough to warrant its invalidation.
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