Published: 17 January 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Knesset speaker under pressure to block plenum vote to form immunity panel (Times of Israel)
Bloc of parties backing Netanyahu calls on Edelstein to thwart establishment of House Committee that would review, and likely dismiss, PM’s request to evade prosecution
In blow to Netanyahu, lawmakers vote to set up panel to debate his immunity (Times of Israel)
Proposal to establish House Committee passes 16 to 5, allowing lawmakers to potentially vote on, and likely dismiss, Netanyahu’s request to evade prosecution
A-G to High Court: No problem with Yinon’s actions on PM immunity (Jerusalem Post)
The High Court has not yet stepped in, even as Yinon made his opinion public on Sunday, which allowed the Knesset to move forward with forming a new ad-hoc committee to address immunity issue
Knesset advances creation of panel to decide on Netanyahu’s immunity (Haaretz)
Setting up of committee still needs full Knesset approval
It boils down to Netanyahu’s conspiracy theories (Times of Israel)
YEDIDIA STERN: Given the dark insinuations in the PM's request for Knesset immunity, a vote in his favour would be a vote of no-confidence in the rule of law
