MK Simcha Rothman wants the Knesset to reassert its primacy over the Supreme Court, and hand power back to the people
As the Netanyahu-led right-wing bloc prepares to implement a slew of security, economic and social policies, for MK Simcha Rothman there’s one overriding priority. Drawing on the inspiration of the American conservative right, the English-speaking lawmaker wants the Knesset to re-assert its primacy over the Supreme Court, and hand power back to the people
Simcha Rothman is evidence that appearances can be deceptive. Unlike some of Israel’s political celebrities who walk the Knesset’s corridors surrounded by a bevy of aides, when the bookish, mild-mannered lawmaker passes, heads don’t turn.
But what the visitors who pass him by don’t realize is that the 42-year-old MK could turn out to be one of the most consequential politicians of his generation.
That’s because for the last decade — and particularly since entering the Knesset in 2019 — he’s been at the forefront of a rightwing push to curb the outsize power of the country’s Supreme Court.
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