State Funds Ministers' Lawyer in Eliahu Land Authority Fight

ynet published July 5 at 08:11 IDT that the state asked the High Court to cancel Yehuda Eliahu's appointment as Israel Land Authority director while approving about NIS 100,000 for private counsel to represent Netanyahu, Smotrich and Housing Minister Haim Katz in support of the appointment. Srugim and Olam Katan reported that dozens of local-authority heads urged the court not to cancel the appointment before the hearing. C14 and earlier court coverage confirm the attorney-general/legal-representation fight around the same petitions. RMI steers most state land and housing tenders, so Israel needs clean appointments and stable land governance that respects both legal review and elected policy.