It has been reported that Netanyahu will delay parliamentary debate proceedings on the controversial reform, according to a statement from the far-right co-ruling Jewish Power party.
Consultations are underway between the parties in the ruling coalition in the face of unprecedented popular mobilization and international backlash over the controversial judicial reform, amid fears that Israel’s worst national crisis in years could cause a rift in the ruling coalition.
After Netanyahu postponed scheduled announcements on the reform earlier today, it was announced early this afternoon that it will delay the parliamentary debate procedures for the controversial reform, according to a statement from the far-right co-ruling Jewish Power party.
The announcement emphasizes that the legislation will be advanced to the next session of the Knesset to “pass the reform through dialogue”. Parliament will adjourn next week for the Easter holiday.
It was not clear whether delaying the bill until the next parliamentary session would satisfy both sides or defuse a crisis that Israel’s army chief of staff said today makes “this period different from all previous ones.”
Itamar Ben Gvir, Homeland Security Minister and head of the ultra-nationalist Jewish Power party, said he would agree to delay advancing the bill in exchange for a commitment to bring it to the next Knesset session.
Earlier today, Israeli media reported that Ben-Gvir had threatened to quit the government – potentially leading to the loss of Netanyahu’s majority – if the judicial reform was withdrawn.
“We haven’t experienced days like this when external threats coincide while a storm rages at home,” the chief of the army general staff, Lt. Gen. Herchi Halevi, said today.
Source :Skai
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