Jerusalem, 15 November, 2026 (TPS-IL) — According to Israeli media reports on Sunday, the Democratic Party, led by Yair Golan, will chair a special Knesset committee tasked with repealing the judicial reform legislation enacted by the previous government.
Following the swearing-in of the 26th Knesset, leaders of the incoming coalition agreed to establish temporary committees to fast-track legislative reversals even before the new government is fully formed.
The committee will immediately begin deliberations to overturn laws that altered the Judicial Selection Committee and weakened the authority of Attorneys General. Simultaneously, the Democrats submitted bills to repeal the incapacitation law, changes to the Police Internal Investigations Department, expanded rabbinical court powers, and the communications law.
The Knesset legal counsel noted that reversing the communications law presents procedural complexities, but judicial repeals can nevertheless proceed rapidly, particularly since several controversial measures were not scheduled to take effect until early 2027.
Yair Golan described the initiative as the beginning of a constitutional repair to safeguard Israeli democracy.