Ahead of a crucial High Court hearing on petitions challenging the tenure of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, a senior legal source warns that far-left opinion-shapers are intensifying efforts to influence Justice Noam Sohlberg. Recent articles and commentaries have openly called for Sohlberg to join the court's activist camp, urging him to set aside his conservative reputation and support the removal of the minister.

The campaign is described as overt and dramatic, framing the situation as a 'fateful moment' and a 'moral duty' for the court to intervene. Commentators are also pushing to expand the Deri-Pinhasi doctrine, which allows for the dismissal of a minister under indictment, even though Ben Gvir faces no such charges. The source suggests that these efforts seek to stretch judicial discretion beyond its usual bounds, applying activist precedents to new circumstances.