"Even after the judicial coup - I do not regret the ruling that allowed Netanyahu to serve as PM"

At a legal panel at the "People of the State" conference of ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth, retired Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Hanan Melcer stated he does not regret the 2020 ruling that allowed Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government, despite criticism over the "judicial coup." Attorney Dina Zilber attacked the government's legislation, and Attorney Raz Nizri argued the attempt at change was closer to a revolution than a reform.

At a legal panel held at the "People of the State" conference of ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth, participants included retired Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Hanan Melcer; Attorney Raz Nizri, former senior deputy to the Attorney General; and Attorney Dina Zilber, former deputy to the Attorney General. Melcer said he does not regret the "0 vs. 11" ruling from May 2020, which allowed Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government despite the indictment against him, noting that the court is limited by legal provisions. He criticized the current government, saying that "those in charge of things wanted to destroy the independence of the court and also destroy the independence of the media." Zilber attacked the government's legislation, arguing that the deep motivation is to remove limits on governmental power, while attempting to curtail the power of the media and harm other gatekeepers. Nizri said that reform is essential, but the attempt was closer to a revolution than a reform, pointing out that no country has all four proposed changes together.