Judiciary facing disarray as Netanyahu prevents appointment of justice minister

Raoul Wootliff is the The Times of Israel's political correspondent.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the interim justice minister, arrives at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem on January 4, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
The Justice Ministry is set to be left without a justice minister as of midnight Thursday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prevents an appointment to the post, in a move precipitating chaos and confusion in the judiciary just days before his corruption trial is set to begin in earnest.
Blue and White party chair Benny Gantz, who also serves as defense minister, has served as interim justice minister for the past three months, but his term expires Thursday with the failure to appoint him or anybody else as permanent minister.

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