Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Wednesday evening at a closed Likud activists' conference is sounding messages that contradict Netanyahu's in the United States. While Netanyahu hinted at a compromise, Levin told activists: "If we are determined, we will win."
Later, he referred to the High Court hearings and said that there is a desire to oust Netanyahu because it will "lead to the disintegration of the right."
In quotes obtained by Israel Hayom, Levin says: "The reality we are dealing with has converged into a month in which somehow the whole truth about the justice system is revealed. The High Court has placed itself above the government. The High Court says, I take away the constituent authority of the Knesset. Makes the Knesset a recommending authority. On the issue of incapacitation, their goal is to topple the government and Netanyahu, because his removal will lead to the disintegration of the right."
Levin went on to say of the Supreme Court justices: "They are above the people, the law, and also choose themselves. We accept something that is not close to democracy and must not be accepted. What balances are there on the High Court? The people have already decided to elect someone and they can throw him out."
Recall that compromise efforts are continuing, but the justice minister has made it clear that he does not intend to return to the president's residence. Only recently, Levin wrote to one of his supporters on WhatsApp that capitulation to the left that lost the elections, that is, going to a unilateral or agreed compromise outline, must bring down the government. Levin replied emphatically: "There will be no return to the president's house."
Meanwhile, Levin responded yesterday to petitions demanding that he convene the Judicial Selection Committee. Levin claimed that he was not convening the committee in order to formulate a broad consensus and as part of his authority as chairman of the committee. According to him, "the committee should not be convened at this time."
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