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you actually give too much credit to coalition with regards to long term planning. It comes to serve their immediate goals, which are interfered with by supreme court :

- supreme court been standing in the way of multiple laws that tried to free from army yeshiva students because it violates principle of equality

- supreme court tends to stand in a way of mid/low level corruption in form of appointing to different professional positions in ministries and state owned companies people without any qualification (the only qualifications been relatives or "mandate harvesters")

- judicial advisors to government/ministries who can prevent doing illegal/stupid things

religious parties want to free their students from conscription. for coalition to stay in place they need votes of religious parties. right in general been unhappy with a supreme court for many years and for past 15 years or so they claimed that it doesn't represent population.

right now stars got aligned and they decided to legalize laws in order to take some power from supreme court / select their own judges in order to advance their agenda.

it's as simple as that.

yes, it may lead to unfair elections/etc, but it's just immediate interests of involved parties