MK walks back comments on razing Supreme Court

Knesset member Moti Yogev from the right-wing party Jewish Home backtracks on comments made earlier this week seemingly calling for the destruction of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem.

In the wake of a High Court of Justice ruling Wednesday morning upholding the court’s own demolition order against two illegal buildings in the West Bank settlement of Beit El, Yogev, a vocal advocate of the settlement movement, railed against the decision, saying: “We have to take the blade of a D-9 [bulldozer] to the High Court of Justice.”

In an interview with Israel Radio today, Yogev said his comments were unnecessary and that it’s possible he shouldn’t have made them.

His controversial statement drew criticism from across the political spectrum on Wednesday.