Knesset Legal Advisor Eyal Yinon believes that the process of appointing Naftali Bennett to the position of defense minister was flawed and contrary to the Basic Law, according to the Globes financial publication.
In an opinion submitted in response to a Supreme Court petition against the appointment, Yinon said the government had a duty to obtain the Knesset's approval for the appointment. Despite the opinion, Yinon asked the court not to accept the petition, but to only apply his interpretation of the law from here on. He said Bennett should not be dismissed, because the appointment relied on the Attorney General's approval because the issue had not yet been discussed as case law and "since the appointment relied on previous appointments made in a similar manner."