The hearing is part of several legal challenges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government's judicial reform program.
Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments against a law that would make it harder to remove a sitting prime minister.
Judges were considering three pleas demanding the legislation be scrapped or deferred until after the next elections.
It was passed by parliament in March as part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government's comprehensive judicial reform.
The law determined a prime minister could only be declared unfit for office for medical or mental reasons. Only the prime minister or their government can determine a leader's unfitness.
Critics argued the legislative change removed one of the last checks on the executive.
Judicial overhaul challenged
A ruling on the "incapacity clause" was not expected on Thursday.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin condemned the hearing as "an attempt to overturn the elections" that returned Netanyahu to power in December.
But Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said the law seemed to be designed specifically to help Netanyahu and called for it to be repealed.
Thursday's hearing was one of several legal challenges against the government's judicial reform.
Source: DW
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