On Sunday morning, the Knesset Constitution Committee discussed the promotion of the government's proposed judicial reforms.
Ahead of the debate, the Knesset's legal adviser published an opinion warning against "changing the rules of the game in the middle of the game."
The legal adviser added that he believed that judicial changes should only be implemented during the next Knesset, such that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri would not be able to benefit from the changes.
"Experience shows that, as a general rule, constitutional amendments that significantly change the relations between the branches of government, or the balance of power between the coalition and the opposition, are not applied immediately but prospectively so that they apply from the Knesset after the Knesset that enacts them. This is to ensure, among other things, that the amendments will be made in isolation from the immediate political context, at a time when it is not known who the amendment will affect and in what way."
Senior government officials responded: "This is another attempt to sabotage the reform of the jurists who are attempting to defend their control over the country. It won't help them. We will advance the legislation and complete it, and any attempt to prevent it or invalidate it will not succeed.''