The dropping of the override clause is an interesting development but is not a game changer for the anti-reform experts, NGOs and politicians.
Opposition MKs and protest groups said they would ramp up opposition in order to delay the bill.
LEGAL AFFAIRS: Optimistic yet cautious, Yesh Atid adviser Na’ama Schultz says real progress was made on the understanding that the country ‘needed a long-term solution.’
The need to reform the judiciary is a matter of broad agreement in Israel. The overwhelming majority of Israelis want to see the coalition and the opposition reach agreement via negotiation.
Under the new bill, the courts would not be able to use the reasonableness standard on decisions by the prime minister, ministers, and elected officials.
Becher is starkly against the government's judicial reforms, and participated a number of times in protests against the reforms in recent months.
Interim Israel Bar Association chairman Amit Becher, a staunch opponent of the judicial reform, may have won the Bar's elections.
After Netanyahu’s declaration to move ahead with parts of the judicial reform, we have yet to see if our hope for change has sparked too early.
Netanyahu had also provided assurances to the opposition that there would be no tricks around this arrangement, the committee would be convened.
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