{"id":191735,"date":"2026-07-05T22:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T22:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/191735\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T22:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T22:37:40","slug":"netanyahu-govt-declares-it-will-ignore-israeli-supreme-court-order-paving-way-for-constitutional-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/191735\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu gov’t declares it will ignore Israeli Supreme Court order — paving way for constitutional crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 Israeli Prime Minister\u00a0Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0cabinet greenlit a resolution Sunday committing to ignore the country\u2019s supreme court order against allowing its media regulator to convene.<\/p>\n

The resolution marks the first time an Israeli government has committed to openly defying the country\u2019s highest court, paving the way for a constitutional crisis to rock the Jewish state.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have no power to trample the law. A ruling that contradicts the law will not be recognized, and decisions made under it are void,\u201d the Netanyahu government declared.<\/p>\n

The Israeli government greenlit a resolution to defy the country\u2019s supreme court ruling. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

At issue is the supreme court\u2019s June 17 ruling that blocked new appointments to Israel\u2019s Second Authority for Television and Radio \u2014 an agency similar to America\u2019s Federal Communications Commission.<\/p>\n

The high court further opted to restore the previous Second Authority for Television and Radio, despite concerns that it had dropped below the legal headcount needed to operate under its quorum.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s supreme court blamed the government\u2019s \u201cdeliberate obstruction and paralysis\u201d for the resignations that led to the regulatory agency dipping below quorum. It also pointed to a \u201cpuzzling proximity in time\u201d between the various resignations on the panel.<\/p>\n

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi and Justice Minister Yariv Levin together rolled out the formal cabinet resolution to defy the ruling, with Netanyahu\u2019s backing.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has aggressively clashed with the country\u2019s supreme court in the past. REUTERS<\/p>\n

They argued that the high court overstepped its powers and deviated from the letter of the law in its ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh Court judges are not the Knesset, and a fit of power does not grant authority to erase an explicit threshold condition from the law, even if it is inconvenient for them,\u201d Karhi contended<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe rule of law is not the rule of the judges. Today, the government has clearly stated: when the High Court tramples the law, the state will not lend a hand to it. Two-thirds is a legal requirement, not a recommendation, and a council that does not meet the threshold conditions set by the legislature does not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looming over the standoff is the pending approval of the sale of Reshet 13, one of Israel\u2019s top commercial TV networks, to tech entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

The cabinet had been miffed by concerns that the Israeli supreme court overstepped its judicial authority. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s opposition quickly denounced the move by Netanyahu\u2019s government and Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned against defying the country\u2019s highest court.<\/p>\n

\u201cStatements of noncompliance with Supreme Court rulings harm the core of unity in the people,\u201d Herzog warned in response<\/a> to the Netanyahu cabinet\u2019s move, per a translation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have already clarified this, and I will repeat it again and again \u2013 noncompliance with a court ruling is a red line that must not be crossed under any circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Israel, the presidency is a largely ceremonial role, though it does have some key powers, while the prime minister has most of the executive authority. Herzog once led the Labor Party, which opposes Netanyahu. <\/p>\n

For years, Netanyahu and his government have butted heads with the judiciary in Israel. Prior to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, he sparked mass protests by seeking to push through a judicial reform package.<\/p>\n

Elections in Israel are poised to take place in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 Israeli Prime Minister\u00a0Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s\u00a0cabinet greenlit a resolution Sunday committing to ignore the country\u2019s supreme court order…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[41,159,37,876,10880,82],"class_list":["post-191735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-foreign-policy","tag-israel","tag-netanyahu","tag-supreme-court","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116869768294436755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}