Yediot Aharonot commentator on legal affairs blamed MK Ayelet Shaked (Yamina) for exerting pressure on the Likud that brought about the breakup of negotiations for a unity government. Shaked, for her part, retorted that she "pled guilty," saying, " "I came to work, and change reality - not pass the time." "We need to form a government but not at the cost of surrendering right-wing values," she asserted.
In a column published this morning, Gorali claimed that "the Judiciary Committee is likely to undergo a change that the Likud is opposed to and that the former Justice Minister forced through two controversial power moves. The journalist further stipulated that if it weren't for the Prime Minister's wife's vocal dislike of Shaked, Netanyahu would have long ago gone along with her initiatives.
On Friday, Shaked responded to the accusations while making it clear she supported a unity government without dismantling its right-wing values, therefore nullifying previous achievements.
Gorali mentioned the two moves he viewed as "forceful" and "controversial" which he claimed Shaked used to take over the Judiciary Committee. He said the first came in 2016, when Yisrael Beytenu joined the coalition, and she insisted on leaving MK Robert Iltov on the committee, thus breaking a long-standing tradition of having a representative from the opposition on board.
The second move was the alliance with the head of the Judiciary Committee Effie Naveh. According to the article, the two did whatever they felt like. Shaked prided herself on appointing 334 judges, many of them known for their conservative positions and religious observance, and Naveh, as he claimed on the TV show "Fact," in humiliating judges who approached him for consultation.