Israeli Supreme Court issues temporary injunction against enactment of law restricting the court from cancelling government decisions and appointments

The High Court of Justice of Israel has imposed a temporary ban on a law restricting the powers of the Supreme Court.

The Times of Israel reported this.

The court considered petitions filed by Israeli citizens to overturn the law, which, according to activists, plays into the personal interests of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

The next hearing will take place on September 28. By September 14, Prime Minister Netanyahu, the Knesset (Israel's legislature — ed.), and the Attorney General must provide the court with arguments why the law's implementation should not be delayed. The petition authors will have until September 20 to submit their arguments.

The court also expanded the panel to 11 judges and noted that it was considering "intervention against the law."

On August 3, during the first hearing, the judges, including Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut, said that the law was drafted personally for Prime Minister Netanyahu and therefore is flawed.

At the same time, Hayut said she was not convinced that the law should be completely repealed. The court hopes that delaying the implementation of the law can resolve this issue.

It will be recalled that the government wants to abolish the possibility of the court or the Prosecutor General ordering the Prime Minister to leave office. This amendment to the law was passed in the Knesset in March 2022. This led to mass protests in the country.