Supreme Court President Isaac Amit on Tuesday delegated to his deputy the authority to determine the members of the expanded judicial panel set to hear petitions demanding the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the events of October 7, 2023.

Amit wrote in the decision that he was giving to Justice Noam Sohlberg the authority to hear petitions on the matter because the chief justice is already tasked with selecting the members of the panel if a state commission of inquiry is established.

“It would not be appropriate for me to issue decisions in these proceedings,” wrote Amit in a Tuesday decision issued as the Supreme Court readies to hold a hearing on the petitions demanding the government establish a state commission into the October 7 invasion and atrocities.

Sohlberg and Supreme Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez joined Amit in his decision.

In November, the Supreme Court sitting in its capacity as the High Court of Justice issued a conditional order requiring the government to justify why it is not........

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