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Justice Hendel says vote to make Akunis Justice Minister was illegal

During the Supreme Court deliberations regarding the appointment of Likud member and Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis as Justice Minister on Tuesday, Justice Neal Hendel reiterated Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit's version of the nomination vote, saying it was illegal.
Akunis was approved in a vote over the opposition of Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, without prior consultation with Mandelblit, something which Mandelblit called illegal and invalid.