{"id":2624398,"date":"2026-07-05T13:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-government-says-it-will-defy-israels-supreme-court-escalating-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T13:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:11:19","slug":"netanyahu-government-says-it-will-defy-israels-supreme-court-escalating-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-government-says-it-will-defy-israels-supreme-court-escalating-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu government says it will defy Israel&#8217;s Supreme Court, escalating crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahu-government-says-it-will-defy-israels-supreme-court-escalating-crisis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2624398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s Cabinet has decided to challenge the country&#8217;s Supreme Court for the first time in history, intensifying a constitutional crisis. This move occurs amidst ongoing regional conflicts and a domestic power struggle over judicial authority. The government\u2019s decision to defy the court relates to a dispute over the authority of Israel\u2019s Second Authority for Television and Radio, with the government justifying the action by claiming the judiciary oversteps its bounds and violates legislative law. Several resignations from the broadcast regulator had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-shutters-home-state-store-after-dem-mayor-denies-extra-security\/\" title=\"Nike closes store after mayor denies extra security.\">previously reduced<\/a> its quorum, but the Supreme Court ruled that the regulator could continue operating, criticizing the resignations as government-manipulated. The government,led by Ministers Shlomo Karhi and Yariv Levin,refused to recognize the court\u2019s rulings until a quorum was met,asserting that the judiciary&#8217;s rulings exceed their legal authority. Opponents, including former military and political leaders, condemned the move as a threat to democracy and warned it could lead to chaos and the dismantling of the state. The controversy is also linked to the potential sale of a major TV network, Reshet 13, which critics believe is driven by government efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >influence media coverage ahead<\/a> of upcoming elections. These judicial and political tensions have previously sparked large protests, which were disrupted by Hamas&#8217;s surprise attack on October 7, 2023.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"378\">Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s<\/a> Cabinet unanimously decided to defy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel\u2019s<\/a> Supreme Court for the first time in the nation\u2019s history, escalating its constitutional crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In parallel to the regional wars Israel has been fighting, Netanyahu has also been embroiled in an escalating domestic crisis around the power of the judiciary. This crisis reached new heights on Sunday after the government voted to defy the nation\u2019s highest court over a dispute regarding the authority of Israel\u2019s Second Authority for Television and Radio, the country\u2019s equivalent to the U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-communications-commission\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1637\">Federal Communications Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4636196\/america-250-around-world\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>America 250 around the world<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4636077\/iran-begin-khamenei-funeral\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iran begins Khamenei\u2019s funeral 126 days after assassination<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4635973\/pope-leo-xiv-liberty-medal-unity\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pope Leo XIV calls on US to recommit to unity while accepting Liberty Medal<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past few months, enough members of the 15-member broadcast regulator resigned to strip it of the two-thirds quorum required by law to operate. However, the Supreme Court ruled on June 17 that the council could continue operating as usual, arguing that the resignations weren\u2019t organic but instead brought about by the government\u2019s \u201cdeliberate obstruction and paralysis.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resolution to defy the order, brought forward by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, argued that the government wouldn\u2019t recognize the rulings of the council until a quorum was reached. In justifying the decision, the government argued that the judiciary was overstepping its authority by ruling against the explicit text of a law passed by the judiciary, going beyond simple interpretation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\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. The 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, and its decisions are worth as much as a nutshell,\u201d Karhi said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shlomo_karhi\/status\/2073719821691199563?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shlomo_karhi\/status\/2073719821691199563?s=20\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel\u2019s opposition was outraged, arguing the decision could plunge the country into anarchy. Former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot said the decision amounted to the government \u201craising its hand against Israeli democracy.\u201d The appeal to democracy was used by both sides; Karhi explicitly framed the decision as returning power to the Israeli people rather than dictatorial judges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned that the move to disobey a Supreme Court ruling \u201cbrings anarchy to the streets and the dismantling of our state.\u201d Opposition leader Yair Lapid argued that any government that rejects a ruling of the Supreme Court \u201cimmediately becomes an illegal government whose rulings and decisions we will not accept.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4623610\/hezbollah-rearm-israel-ceasefire-drones\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4623610\">BELEAGUERED HEZBOLLAH USING RESPITE FROM CEASEFIRE TO REARM AND RECONSTITUTE: EXPERTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to ignore the ruling came as the Council of the Second Authority is considering approval of the resale of Reshet 13 to a group of tech entrepreneurs, a major commercial TV network influential in shaping public opinions. Critics argue that the government is vying to push the sale through to secure favorable coverage of the next elections, which are required to be held before the end of October.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authority of the judiciary was the central issue that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-courthouse-turned-into-veritable-fortress-ahead-of-george-floyd-murder-trial\/\" title=\"Minneapolis Courthouse Turned Into \u2018Veritable Fortress\u2019 Ahead Of George Floyd Murder Trial\">sparked massive protests<\/a> and a political crisis before it was interrupted by the Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack by Hamas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s cabinet defies court, deepening constitutional crisis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2624399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP25314623414395.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5045,4671,6524,40137,32275],"class_list":["post-2624398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-government","tag-israel","tag-netanyahu","tag-political-crisis","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP25314623414395.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2624398"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624402,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624398\/revisions\/2624402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2624399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2624398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2624398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}