Published: 27 December 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
High Court to consider if an indicted Netanyahu can form government (Times of Israel)
The High Court of Justice on Sunday said it had agreed to hear a petition arguing that it is against the law for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next government.
The court said the hearing would take place December 31 at 9am before a three-judge panel led by Chief Justice Esther Hayut and including Deputy Chief Justice Hanan Melcer and Justice Uzi Vogelman.
The court also asked Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to produce a legal opinion on the question of Netanyahu’s eligibility to return to the prime minister’s chair, and to hand it to the court at least 48 hours before the hearing.
Netanyahu and a court coalition quandary (Ynet)
The High Court has received a petition seeking to ban an indicted prime minister from forming a government, but with a third national election looming, will the justices and the attorney general be willing to issue a ruling that could be seen as political intervention?
Photo: Israeli High Court (Flash90)
