The Ministerial Committee for Legislation unanimously approved today (Thursday) the application of the law of continuity to the conscription law that was approved in first reading by the previous government.
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This is in contrast to the position of the Legal Counsel to the Government, which stated that there is a legal impediment to this because it is first necessary to receive an updated factual infrastructure and an updated position of the defense establishment.
The ultra-Orthodox ministers were absent from the discussion.
The opinion written by Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon claims that there is a legal impediment to advancing the conscription law approved by the previous government - which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to advance yesterday.
"The proposal ignores the new and urgent needs of the IDF, lacks a factual foundation, and ignores the position of the Minister of Defense," it said.
The position formulated by Deputy Attorney General Limon states that the purpose of convening the Ministerial Committee today is due to the legal process in the High Court of Justice, and that no closed process was conducted to approve and advance the proposal.
A statement issued by the Legal Counsel to the Government stated: "The opinion clarified that attempts have recently been made to promote a recruitment arrangement that is separate from the IDF and the defense establishment, and without relevant and up-to-date data. It was also stated that the reality that the state and the IDF are currently facing is completely different from that which existed when the previous bill was formulated, which they are now trying to promote, including active and intense fighting in several arenas simultaneously. A recruitment arrangement cannot be accepted while ignoring the needs of security, the defense establishment, its economic implications, and its implications for the public."
According to 'Kan News', Minister Kari said in response: "There is one problem that the law does not provide an answer to, how to overthrow the government."
Justice Minister Levin was furious with Gil Limon in the ministerial committee: "When was there such a demand regarding the application of continuous law in other cases? When? Was there ever such a thing?"
Gil Limon replied: "There is such a dramatic change here. It is unusual."
Levin sharpened his tone: "You are doing everything the other way around. In a precedent that has never been the same. In something that contradicts all the principles of the continuity process. And why are you doing this? We all understand. Because former Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who brought the proposal, opposes it today."
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