Israel’s Movement for Quality Government (MQG), which received funding from the U.S. State Department, is trying to stop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from speaking about his own government’s judicial reforms.
For many weeks since taking office in late December, Netanyahu remained quiet about the reforms, but began speaking out about them as protests grew. In response, the MQG filed its claim.
The judicial reform goes beyond the scope of the legal arena, and the prime minister was obliged to act in order to try to bring about broad agreement, prevent violence and ensure law and order, the Netanyahu legal team argued. Addressing an issue that has gone beyond the legal realm and into other aspects of the state was required of Netanyahu. As prime minister, he was entrusted with the well-being of the state.
Netanyahu also said that any judges appointed subject to the reforms would not be handling his own case.the reforms to allow for negotiations with the opposition parties. The Biden administration denies it is interfering in Israel’s internal politics, yet it has opposed the reforms, and President Joe Biden recently said he will not invite Netanyahu to the White House until he reaches an agreement with opposition parties. Biden contradicted U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides, who hadJoel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host ofon Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET .
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