High Court activism

Though the High Court judges may be reluctant to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as suggested by Yonah Jeremy Bob in his analysis (“Where is the High Court going with the fate of Netanyahu?” May 4), I believe that it is premature to conclude, as Bob does, that “the days of a truly activist court are long gone.”

In my opinion, the main reason why the High Court favors a unity government, and thus opposes the ousting of Netanyahu, lies in the fact that most of the major portfolios, including Justice, are held by Blue and White, meaning that the country, under a unity government, will probably be Left-leaning, thus minimizing the chance that reforms to the court may be enacted. This, of course, would be in direct contrast to the situation which prevailed during MK Ayelet Shaked’s tenure as justice minister.

If a unity government is disqualified by the Court, this will mean a new round of elections, and it is widely thought that the Right will probably win a decisive victory in new elections, since Blue and White leader Benny Gantz’s popularity took a plunge following his decision to establish a coalition dependent on the anti-Israel Joint List.

I myself suspect that a reluctance to be faced with new elections may, to some extent, explain the seemingly pro-Netanyahu stand taken by the High Court in refraining to disqualify our prime minister, (if this happens), rather than indicating, as suggested by Bob, that “the justices have tried to shift somewhat towards the center.”

RHONA YEMINI Givatayim

Regarding “NGO files petition to prevent Netanyahu from forming a government” (May 3), I had almost forgotten the Movement for the Quality of Government in Israel exists. One hears of it so infrequently. Yet here it is valiantly joining the mob howling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s blood.

Is this the best the Movement can do? Instead of demeaning itself with a grubby campaign it should live up to its name and be constantly and vocally trying to influence Israelis to demand a system of government where electors in defined areas (constituencies) have a MK who is answerable to them and whose stint in the Knesset is in their gift.

Until the Movement does something of this sort, one may be forgiven for wondering what purpose it serves. OSCAR DAVIES

Jerusalem