Movement for the Quality of Government

A danger of giving this advantage to Interior Ministry appointees would be the reduced autonomy of local government from the state, said petitioners.

"As of today, the arrangement that allows ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students to be exempted from service in the IDF is no longer extant," MQG said.

MQG argued that the budget was undemocratic because it would prevent the Knesset from engaging in further challenges and deliberations on the 2024 budget. 

The frequent name changes of ministries in recent years have cost the public millions of shekels.

MQG argued that the negotiating parties didn't have a right to degrade the reasonableness standard.

Berland was convicted of sexual assault in 2016 of multiple women and other offenses including fraud, embezzlement, attempted threats, tax offenses and money laundering in 2021.

MQG said that the prime minister was not above the law and said that the attorney-general had walked back her position on Netanyahu's conflict of interest violations.

Acting in contradiction to these legally binding rulings and opinions opens up a public servant like Netanyahu to petitions to the court, fines or even criminal investigation, said Priel.

AG Baharav-Miara declared that Netanyahu's involvement in the judicial reform would constitute a conflict of interest.

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Shraga's concerns about the laws being weighed in the Knesset are why he and his movement are protesting.