The High Court of Israel recently ruled that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu cannot continue serving as both prime minister and holding other cabinet posts. The Yesh Atid party petition was filed to compel Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to become a cabinet minister.

The court explained that in line with the nation’s Basic Law, the prime minister cannot simultaneously hold other ministerial posts such as health, foreign affairs and communications, which is the current situation.

As a result of that ruling from 20 Tammuz, Yesh Atid has submitted a new petition to the court seeking to compel PM Netanyahu to serve as prime minister only, without continuing to head the other government ministries.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)