National Union Chairman MK Ya'akov Katzeleh, responding to criticism of him by Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, said that Rivlin had acted improperly by releasing a condemnation of comments he made in an interview, because Rivlin had not checked with him if he had even made the comments. “The Knesset Speaker can criticize comments made in the Knesset or in committee meetings, but he has no right to complain about what MKs say elsewhere, and certainly not when his complaints are based on rumors, without clarifying the matter,” Ketzaleh said.
For Rivlin's information, Ketzaleh said, “I have never hidden my criticism of the way the High Court conducts itself, reflecting the opinion of many in this country. On the one hand, I have nothing but full respect for the institution of the High Court, and for its standing and work.” However, he said, there were many people who sought to express themselves “and their disappointment, over and over, of the way the court has been run by Aharon Barak and the current honored President Dorit Beinisch,” Ketzaleh added.