If the petition is accepted, it would be the first time the court heard arguments to abolish a matter of a Basic Law.
The current Israeli judicial crisis is all about checks and balances. Accountants and auditors (as well as judges and lawyers) are part of these checks and balances.
The government is leading smaller attacks on Israelis' freedom that aren't related to judicial reform.
Levin says no convening of Judicial Selection Committee without composition change.
There are about 820 lawyers per 100,000 people in Israel, and according to the Council of Europe in 2020, European states had an average of 164 lawyers per 100,000 inhabitants.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin has called for the government to push ahead with the controversial judicial reform, whilst protests intensify.
Opposition MKs and protest groups said they would ramp up opposition in order to delay the bill.
If the bill passes, the IBA would be replaced by the new Council, which would be controlled by the coalition
Becher received 28,000 votes in favor of his remaining as chairman, out of 39,150 votes cast, in an election that saw a record turnout.
Becher is starkly against the government's judicial reforms, and participated a number of times in protests against the reforms in recent months.
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