Esther Hayut (C), the head of the Israeli Supreme Court, judge Uzi Vogelma (L) and judge Isaac Amit (R) lead the session in which the application for the annulment of the law, which was approved by the parliament in March, and transferred the authority to dismiss the prime minister from the Attorney General and the Supreme Court, to the Parliament and the government at the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem on August 03, 2023. PHOTO BY MOSTAFA ALKHAROUF/GETTY IMAGES
A five-hour hearing at Israel’s Supreme Court over the legality of a semi-constitutional amendment that bars judges from ordering a prime minister to recuse himself from office ended on Thursday without a decision.
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and Justices Uzi Vogelman and Yitzhak Amit did not indicate when they would rule on the petitions against the law.
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