The Israeli Supreme Court has heard the first petition challenging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul, reported Al Jazeera on Tuesday.
According to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office’s announcement, the unusual decision relates to the time pressure of leaving after Shabbat and the urgency of arriving in Israel before the start of Yom Kippur.
It was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first official visit abroad in more than five months. The red carpet was rolled out at the presidential palace in Nicosia, the anthems of Israel and Cyprus were played and Netanyahu met with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides.
Dana Cassidy, an activist for Benny Gantz’s opposition Blue and White Party, sued Netanyahu for a post that he made on Facebook at the time of the 2020 elections. In the post, the younger Netanyahu implied that Cassidy was engaged in a romantic relationship with Gantz.