Posted on 04/28/21
| News Source: i24
Netanyahu says he will vote to appoint the Blue and White leader for the position in order to avoid deadlock
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that he supports the appointment of Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz for the position of justice minister.
The announcement was delivered just hours before Israel's Supreme Court was to rule on the legality of Netanyahu's attempt to nominate a justice minister from his own party.
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"The prime minister has submitted a detailed response to the High Court that completely rejects the argument that yesterday's vote in the cabinet was against the law," a statement released from the Prime Minister's Office said.
"However, after the prime minister's proposals for a compromise were also rejected, and in order to get out of the deadlock and allow the necessary activities of the Justice Ministry to resume, the prime minister decided to appoint Benny Gantz as justice minister of the transitional government." Read more at i24