Israel's political parties convened Monday in the Knesset against the backdrop of a bill to establish a state commission of inquiry, alongside debates over a draft exemption law and the state budget.
At a meeting of the Religious Zionism party, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich launched a harsh verbal assault on the judicial system, singling out President of the Supreme Court of Israel, Justice Yitzhak Amit. "Yitzhak Amit is a violent megalomaniac who tramples democracy. The result will be that we will trample him," Smotrich said.
Smotrich also addressed the recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that as long as Ran Gvili was not back in Israel, the country could not move on to the next stage of the Gaza plan.
Judicial Authority: "A grave statement, threats against judges"
The Judicial Authority responded sharply to Smotrich's remarks, saying: "Statements that express threats against judges are not part of legitimate public discourse. This is an extremely serious statement whose sole purpose is to inflame violent and inciting rhetoric against the judiciary and its head, all the more so when such words are spoken by an elected public official."
