During a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discussion, United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush criticized the legal establishment, saying that if David Ben-Gurion had followed legal advice, the state would not have been established, according to a Channel 12 report.
United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush made the remarks during a session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, as reported by Channel 12. Porush's statement appeared to push back against legal constraints on legislative or security policy, invoking the founding father's legacy to argue that legal advice should not dictate national decisions. The exact context of the discussion — whether it concerned proposed legislation, military action, or government coalition management — was not reported in the brief channel mention.
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