Gafni and Atias spoke about the appointment of new Dayanim to the Beit Din Hagadol at the shvea brachos for Beit Shemesh Mayor, Moshe Abutbul's daughter.
After hours of tense meetings all parties finally came to an agreement in which nine new judges will be appointment to the Beit Din Hagadol.
Within the parliamentary framework of, “unprepared questions,” MK Yehuda Glick of the Likud surprised Justice Minister Shaked, questioning one of most sensitive topics in the Coalition that has been brought several times to the High Court: Appointment of permanent judges to the Chief Rabbinical Court
“It’s obvious that Prime Minister Netanyahu has been kept up to date by the United Torah Judaism faction and knows fully well that if the appointment of judges to the local courts comes up on the agenda – in violation of all prior agreement – a coalition crisis will follow.”
