Panel Approves Bill Granting the Knesset the Power to Overrule the Supreme Court
On Sunday, October 26, a key ministerial committee of the Knesset voted to approve a controversial bill which would allow the legislature to override rulings by Israel’s Supreme Court striking down laws as unconstitutional. The proposed legislation was approved by a vote of eight to three in the committee. Right-wing ministers from Habayit Hayehudi, Yisrael…