Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attacked Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit over the High Court's deliberation on a Basic Law, saying if he and his colleagues want to interfere, they should form a party and be elected to the Knesset. The remarks escalate a tense confrontation between the coalition and the judiciary.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich escalated his public confrontation with the judiciary Sunday morning, directly telling Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit that if he and his colleagues wish to intervene in Basic Laws, they should form a party and run for the Knesset. Speaking at a morning political event, Smotrich framed the High Court's ongoing deliberation on a Basic Law as a fundamental challenge to the Knesset's sovereign authority. 'If Amit and his gang want to intervene in Basic Laws, they are invited to form a party and be elected to the Knesset,' Smotrich said, as reported by the religious-Zionist outlet Arutz 7. The remarks come as the Supreme Court weighs a petition against the coalition's recent legislative moves on Basic Law amendments — a pattern the coalition has called 'judicial overreach.'
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