[tguvot]

It's been used to prevent corruption in appointments. Or people with multiple criminal convictions from assuming ministerial posts (after those people as part of plea agreements promised to stay out of politics, as example). Or all kinds of stupid or dangerous things that government tries to pull off.

Essentially parties that are part of current coalition tend to be regarded as "job factories" and supreme court interferes with it. So they are not happy.

Also they want to fire attorney general (also judicial advisor to government ) which manages criminal case against prime minister and in general tries to prevent unlawful laws from passing. Firing her given conflict of interest is currently "unreasonable"

[londgine]

Using a bad tool for a good cause is still bad. Let's say that the Knesset wants to lower the SC salary, but the SC thinks that that salary is "unreasonably" low for the lifestyle that they deserve. Then they can simply cancel that law. And unlike with politicians, if the people think that that is a bad decision, they can't impeach any of them, nor can they have any influence into who the new justices will be.

[tguvot]

Everybody agrees that there should be reform. One that is done in consensus. But they went and did the most extreme version of reform. And they did it because if they don't do it - coalition will fall and they will loose next election. This is reform is so bad, that leaders of ultra-right party that run on platform of supreme court reform for a decade said that it bad and shouldn't be done

And if we are talking about new justices. One of the next planned laws is the one that gives to government ability to pick justices of their choosing