The chairman of the Finance Committee, MK Moshe Gafni, responded to the Supreme Court ruling to invalidate the Finance Committee's decision regarding tax exemptions for missionary institutions.
"The Supreme Court judges are making a last-minute attempt to interfere with the Finance committee's decisions. The entire Knesset, government and opposition alike, agreed not to grant tax-exempt status to missionary organizations on account of their actions in opposition to the law. This is a matter that the law leaves in the hands of the Knesset, yet the Supreme Court has seen fit to cancel that authority and turn the Knesset into a rubber stamp."
"One of the Supreme Court's claims on other issues was that the Knesset did not hold debates and did not make a decision for a long time, which of course does not justify their intervention in these matters. I suggest to the judges of the Supreme Court to save their interference for the inevitable war against their overreach that is sure to come soon."