A Member of Knesset (MK) from the secular and left-wing Meretz party, accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of caving to the "messianic" Jewish Home party.

Repeatedly, (Netanyahu) has simply surrendered to the Messianic Jewish Home party," charged the MK, Michal Rozin.

Rozin's remarks were in response to the coalition's approval of a bill that would transfer judicial jurisdiction over Israelis living in Judea and Samaria from the High Court of Justice to Jerusalem's Administrative Court.