Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Crime & JusticeAmid High Court petitions to dismiss Ben-Gvir as national security minister over his interference in police, the government declared on Sunday that it will not abide by a High Court ruling on Israel's commercial broadcast regulator: the first such explicit refusalShare 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 formatSubscribeJosh Breiner12:40 AM • July 08 2026 IDTPolice Spokesman Aryeh Doron declined to say whether police would obey a High Court of Justice if it were to issue a ruling against National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel High CourtIDFIsrael policeIsrael crimeArab IsraelisItamar Ben-GvirIsraeli judiciary CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesNetanyahuHamasTrumpSupreme CourtAli KhameneiHaQuizHaaretz PodcastPolice May Not Comply With Top Court in Case of Clash With Ben-GvirThe Party Is Over: Likud's Mask Has FallenZini: I Accepted Shin Bet Chief Role to Ensure Loyalty to Elected EchelonGoing Ballistic: Israelis Are Thanking Iran for a 'Crater of Joy'Netanyahu's Government Is Stoking SeditionRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Has Long Ignored Warnings of a 'Diplomatic Tsunami.' Now It Has ArrivedDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?An Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesRep. Dan Goldman Says Support for Israel Cost Him New York Democratic PrimaryIsraeli Cop Filmed Throwing Stun Grenade Into Car, Trapping Palestinians Inside