Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has formally rejected a ruling by Israel’s Supreme Court on television regulation, raising fears it could precipitate a constitutional crisis by defying the judiciary in more consequential cases.
Sunday’s cabinet decision on a little-followed regulatory dispute over the board of the TV regulator marked the first time an Israeli government has officially announced it will not recognise a ruling by the nation’s highest judicial body.
“You have no authority to trample the law — a ruling that contradicts the law will not be recognised, and decisions made under its authority are null and void,” communications minister Shlomo Karhi said in comments directed at the Supreme Court.
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