A. Barak Follow-Up

You read about this previously here and now the (delayed) action:-

High Court of Justice President Dorit Beinisch on Wednesday removed the court's former president, Aharon Barak, from a panel of justices ruling on a petition for reforms in Israel's child adoption policy, due to conflicts of interest.

Barak officially heads a panel of seven justices reviewing a petition submitted by the Center for Pluralistic Judaism, the legal arm of the Movement for Progressive Judaism, against the Welfare Ministry. The petition calls for an end to the custom of placing non-Jewish children for adoption with Orthodox families only.

Barak was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the movement's academic arm, and his decision to remain at the head of the panel has raised public ire.