Supreme will decide whether to hold Netanyahu's competence to form a government in light of charges • Meanwhile, time is running out to request immunity

• Judges Meltzer, Animals and Vogelman // Photos: Oren Ben Hakun, Noam Rivkin-Fenton

While the political system is busy questioning whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will file the request for immunity by midnight tomorrow, the High Court judges will decide this morning whether or not to discuss his ability to form a government in light of the three indictments facing him.

Netanyahu: Trying to drag the High Court into the political field, only the people will decide who will lead

The preliminary hearing will take place following a petition from high-tech executives and entrepreneurs, and will address whether MKs can form a government after they have been indicted for misdemeanor charges. However, the said hearing is not in the petition itself but on the question of the attorney general's request, Avichai Mandelblit, to refrain from taking a position on eligibility, before deciding if there is any reason to discuss the petition.

Mendelblit made it clear that if the court found it appropriate to hear the petition, he would submit his position on the matter. The top president, Esther Hayes, Vice President Hanan Meltzer, and Judge Uzi Fogelman accepted his request and announced that they would only hold a preliminary hearing.

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Netanyahu himself sought to dismiss the petition outright. "There is no place for the Honorable Court, however respectful it may be, to take the place of the electorate," Netanyahu noted, saying that accepting the petition "will result in a situation in which a single public official (Attorney General, YA) - will be as high as he can be. The general public who can run the state and who is not. "

Yesterday Netanyahu said: "There are those who try to drag the Supreme Court into the political field to deny and legally thwart my premiership. I do not think that the Supreme Court of Israel will fall into this trap. Only the people and no one else. That has always been and always will be. "

"Only the people will decide." Benjamin Netanyahu // Photo: Gideon Markovich

As of the time the issue was closed, Netanyahu had not yet applied for immunity and had less than 48 hours to do so. The person who needs to discuss immunity - if submitted - is the Knesset committee, and in blue and white it is actually pushing for its establishment. "Israel Today" has learned that in internal discussions held at the top of the list, it was agreed that it is of first-class public importance, certainly before the 23rd Knesset elections, to work with all power to establish a Knesset committee to discuss Netanyahu's request for immunity.

In order to advance the move, talks were held between blue and white personalities and Israeli House Speaker Avigdor Lieberman, so that his party members, which is the language of the regular committee, support the establishment of the Knesset Committee. At the same time, the Chairman of the Regular Committee, MK Avi Nisnkorn, To the Knesset Attorney General, Adv. Ilan Yanun, and asked him to refine the opinion he published in early December on the ways in which the Knesset Committee convened to discuss the request for immunity.

White and blue sources said that "even if the chances of establishing a Knesset committee are considered, because as long as Israel and our House do not support the proposal, we will have no majority, and we will work to convene the regular committee to discuss this issue to raise public awareness that Netanyahu wants to hide behind the immunity rather than face trial." .

Meanwhile, about 1,000 people attended Netanyahu's support rally last night on Habima Square in Tel Aviv. The demonstration under the headline "Only the people decide! Stop the judicial coup!" Organize the campaign of the National Camp, which includes dozens of organizations including "If You Want".

Gideon Alon, Yair Altman, Yehuda Schlesinger and Daniel Roth-Avnery participated in the preparation