The Likud Supreme Court today (Sunday) unanimously rejected the petitions seeking to remove Yoav Galant from the party's ranks.
In its decision, the court ruled that political and ideological disputes, no matter how acute, do not constitute grounds for exclusion, and that an elected official's duty of trust to the State of Israel takes precedence over any partisan duty of trust.
The judges noted that the court is not supposed to serve as a tool for deciding questions of "political wisdom" or for eliminating political opponents based on intra-movement differences of opinion.
The court ruled that "no legal or constitutional grounds were found to justify this extreme step.".
According to the court, the decision on Galant's future in the Likud should be made on the public and political level by the movement's workers at the ballot box, and not in the court.
The petitioners' request focused on the "Galant Night" event during the legal reform period. The case presented claims that Galant's speech at that time was a "service to the Kapellenists" and a direct challenge to Likud institutions.
The movement's auditor, Attorney Shai Galili, even previously defined the former minister's actions as an act that requires permanent exclusion.
On the other hand, Galant continued to fight for his place in the movement through attorney Boaz Ben-Tzur, arguing that the Likud is a pluralistic party and not a "dictatorship of one opinion." Galant emphasized in his arguments that the court is not an arena for settling political scores and that his loyalty to security principles is consistent with the values of the movement.
Channel 14 reported at the time that while Galant was absent from government meetings, official events, and crucial factional votes, he held numerous political meetings in his office in Kirya with Likud activists, where he used to criticize Prime Minister Netanyahu and the way the war was being conducted.
Activists in the faction attacked the move, claiming that it was a cynical exploitation of a security platform for personal political needs.
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