Amid the fierce attacks by the opposition against the judicial reform, a meeting was held last week between the Justice Minister Yariv Levin and MK Hili Tropper, the person closest to National Unity Party chairman Benny Gantz, Channel 12 News reported Tuesday.
According to the report, both sides claim that the meeting was held in an attempt to calm the waters between the sides.
However, both also claimed that they did not discuss the details of the reform itself.
Meanwhile, Levin and Supreme Court President Esther Hayut met on Tuesday in the President's office for the second time in recent days, following the mutual verbal attacks between the two. Unlike the previous meeting, this meeting remained behind closed doors and no official statement was made to the media.
The meeting between the two was defined as businesslike and dealt with current issues related to the judicial system, and did not deal with the judicial reform to which Hayut expressed opposition. The two are scheduled to meet again next week.
Last week, Hayut, in an unusual statement, strongly criticized Levin's proposed judicial reforms.
"This is an unbridled attack on the judicial system, as if it were an enemy that must be attacked and subdued. This is a plan to crush the judicial system. It is designed to deal a fatal blow to the independence of the judiciary and turn it into a silent authority," Hayut said.
Levin later fired back, saying that Hayut’s criticism was proof that his proposes reforms are necessary.
"I am obliged to hold a comprehensive dialogue with the representatives of all sections of the people in order to reach the best and most balanced result. Millions of citizens, and I am among them, are determined to restore the balance between the government's branches and restore trust in the legal system in Israel," he stressed.