A three-judge panel of the Supreme Court has issued an order demanding that Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to explain why Tzfat municipal Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu was not brought to disciplinary action following allegedly racist statements he made.
The panel issued the order in the framework of a petition filed jointly by the Reform Center for Religion and State, The Tag Meir organization and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.