5 days Ago By Haaretz Editorial Over the past year, in small steps, the government has been quietly continuing the judicial overhaul through different means than it used in 2023: advancing legislation that suppresses freedom of expression; weakening the Supreme Court by preventing judicial appointments and the naming of a Supreme Court president; undermining the status of the attorney general and ministry legal advisers (on Sunday, the cabinet approved a proposal to limit the terms of ministry legal advisers to seven years); sponsoring legislation that disqualifies Arab candidates and parties from running for the Knesset; and continuing in its attempts to gain control of the media, the Israel Bar Association and the Civil Service Commission..
