There are calls to appoint High Court justices to fill the void, with home explaining that by not doing so, petitions to the nation�s highest court may be delayed several months with the nation now engulfed in election preparations.

Supreme Court President Justice Dorit Beinish sent a letter to Justice Minister Daniel Friedman, informing him she will continue preventing the appointment of new justices to the High Court until after elections. She feels that such a move is not appropriate during the tenure of a transition government.

Friedman and others disagree, feeling the appointment of justices should not be delayed. Attorney General Menachem Mazuz issued a ruling that the transition government may indeed appoint justices to the High Court.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)