Current sectionHaaretz ExplainsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeBenjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset last year, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the architect of the government's attempt to weaken the judiciary, to his right. Credit: Olivier FitoussiNetanyahu's cabinet might be trying to set a precedent of a government blatantly ignoring a Supreme Court ruling – just before Israel's Central Elections Committee makes decisions about this autumn's general electionLinda Dayan 07:56 PM • July 06 2026 IDTThe Israeli government did something Sunday it has never done in its 77-year history. Rather than passively ignore a ruling by the High Court of Justice, as it has done many times, it stated outright that it would refuse to comply. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel High CourtIsraeli politicsIsraeli electionsYariv LevinBenjamin NetanyahuJudicial coupCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesNetanyahuHamasAli KhameneiMichigan Primary World CupBrad LanderHaQuizHaaretz PodcastAnissa Helou's New Book of Lebanese Recipes Spotlights Villages Scarred by WarShin Bet Chief Reconsiders Agency's Stance on Disqualified Kahanist PartyConstitutional Crisis? Why Israel's Government Just Openly Defied the High CourtIsrael Accuses Turkish FM of 'Clear Call for Genocide' After CNN InterviewErdogan Is Too Scared to Criticize Trump, So He Lashes Out at IsraelRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Has Long Ignored Warnings of a 'Diplomatic Tsunami.' Now It Has ArrivedAn Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?103 Nails on the Map: How Israel's Government Is Burying the Two-state SolutionRep. Dan Goldman Says Support for Israel Cost Him New York Democratic PrimaryIn His Own Words: Naftali Bennett Is Committed to Annexing the West Bank