A government-backed bill to prevent the High Court of Justice from having the power to suspend the prime minister from office was cleared Monday for its first reading in the Knesset plenum, following a stormy session in a special committee set up to debate the legislation. Katz’s bill stipulates that there would be only two ways for a prime minister to be removed from office: either a prime minister informs the Knesset that they are recusing themselves, or the government suspends the prime minister due to lack of physical or mental fitness, in a majority vote of three-quarters of cabinet ministers, with that decision upheld by a majority of 90 members of the Knesset. AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members