On video: Herzog called for a halt to the legislation of the legal reform (Photo: Leam)
While the winds surrounding the legal reform are still raging, several groups of constitutional law experts are holding talks with elements in the coalition and the opposition under the watchful eye of the country's president Yitzhak Herzog.
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the differences between the groups of experts who conduct dialogue with government officials.
So who are the groups that are conducting discourse these days?
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Trying to get talking.
The President of the State, Herzog (photo: IDF spokesman, screenshot)
"The Stern Group"
The first group is called the "Stern Group" and is led by Prof. Yedidia Zvi Stern from Bar-Ilan University.
She conducts a dialogue with Rothman and elements from the opposition, including the state camp party.
The group includes former Deputy Legal Counsel Raz Nazri, Prof. Shahar Lifshitz and Prof. Ariel Nador from Bar-Ilan, Prof. Neta Barak Koren and Yoav Dotan from the Hebrew University.
This group is characterized by the fact that it is more on the "conservative" scale and is aimed at reducing the damage to the High Court and minority rights in Israel. On issues related to the superseding clause and reducing the ability of the High Court to invalidate laws, the group agrees to reach compromises.
But in everything that concerns the appointment of judges and legal advisors, the group's leaders are not ready to compromise and agree that the coalition will appoint them, this is their red line.
Chairman of the Constitution Committee, Rotman (Photo: Reuven Castro)
"Ecclesiastical Forum"
The second group is a group of researchers from the "Ecclesiastical Forum" that formulates the main points of the reform bills and also conducts a dialogue with various experts in constitutional law.
And there is another group, also with constitutional law experts, the "Public Law Lecturers' Forum".
This group is not conducting a dialogue these days and most of its members will be willing to conduct a dialogue provided that the legislative proceedings are stopped.
It should be noted that this position of the forum receives support from the opposition factions.
The group includes several constitutional law professors such as Ronit Levin Shenor from Reichman University, David Kretzmer and David Enoch from the Hebrew University, Manny Mautner and Dr. Yofi Tirosh from Tel Aviv University.
Not ready to stop.
Minister of Justice, Levin (Photo: Reuven Castro)
What next?
At the moment the various groups are working on drafting documents that will form the basis of the constitution.
In addition, there is an attempt to formulate proposals for a basic law that will regulate the relationship between the High Court and the Knesset and the government, the so-called Basic Law of Legislation. The
big conclusion that emerges from these talks is that the Chairman of the Constitutional Committee Simcha Rothman and the Minister of Justice Yariv and Levin are ready for talks.
Whether it is due to the fear of economic and political damage due to the reform, as well as due to the desire to weaken the public protest as was the case with the social protest in 2011.
In addition, also to try to gather the support of a party from the opposition, apparently the "state camp".
At the same time, Rothman and Levin still refuse to stop the legislation.
It is likely that if one of the expert groups submits to them a proposal for an agreed text for the reform, the legislation is expected to be stopped and then the president can call on the groups to speak openly in order to put the agreed text to a vote in the Knesset.
When we asked the president's spokesman, the response we received was that "when there is something to update, we will update".
Justice Minister Levin and Constitutional Committee Chairman Rothman chose not to comment.
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