The International Association of Jewish Lawyers (IJL) an Amercian Jewish advocacy group, said on Monday that the government's judicial immigration could threaten the rights of Jews to immigrate to Israel.
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In a paper published by the group, the IJL requested the Supreme Court in Jerusalem to allow them to join proceedings over the bill on the reasonableness clause as an Amicus Curiae - friends of the court - by providing insights or guidance concerning legal or factual matters.
"The abolition of the standard of reasonableness harms the Jewish character of the State of Israel by damaging the basic constitutional right granted to every Jew to immigrate to Israel and the connection between the State of Israel and the Jewish people and is likely to be used as a tool by those seeking to cause harm to the Jewish people with a view to increasing antisemitism," the IJL said.
As part of the submitted request, the IJL has raised legal arguments that have not been previously addressed in the appeals submitted to the Supreme Court. These arguments pertain to the impact of nullifying the presumption of Israel as a Jewish state and its standing within the international legal community.
According to the IJL, "the abolition of the standard of reasonableness harms the democratic nature of the State of Israel by undermining the right to a fair hearing, which is established in international treaties to which the State of Israel is a party and therefore the extent of its compliance with international standards for the protection of human rights."
The group went on to say, that abolition of the Supreme Court's ability to oversee legislation, "is likely to be used by actors seeking to cause harm to the Jewish people in order to strengthen antisemitic trends, and thereby endangers the welfare of the Jewish people."