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Netanyahu’s ongoing battles with the Israeli judiciary are flaring up once again as his government announced it would ignore a Supreme Court ruling, sparking fears of a constitutional crisis just months away from the next election. So what’s happening?
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Sources:
Competing Channel 13 bids:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/13/israeli-journalists-fear-press-freedom-uk-billionaire-sells-tv-channel-stake
https://www.timesofisrael.com/tech-group-led-by-wiz-ceo-acquires-channel-13-israel-deserves-an-independent-news-channel/
Supreme Court’s initial ruling on Second Authority:
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkfcbvu7gl
https://en.idi.org.il/articles/64944
Second authority council members resign under pressure:
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkfcbvu7gl
Supreme Court’s June ruling:
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkfcbvu7gl
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/world/middleeast/israel-court-netanyahu-clash.html
Israeli government says it will disobey court order – a first:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-government-vows-to-disobey-high-court-ruling-setting-up-constitutional-crisis/
Won’t necessarily have much impact on regulator’s work:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-government-challenge-supreme-court-reignites-judicial-row-2026-07-06/
Reaction to government announcement:
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/mwwcjd0ox
https://www.ft.com/content/20450f5c-757f-440d-a06e-6fa997f74754
https://x.com/Isaac_Herzog/status/2073806771836031350
Netanyahu’s judicial reforms:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-65086871
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/israel-government-says-it-will-defy-supreme-court-ruling-media-regulator-2026-07-05/
Golan says Netanyahu might not accept election results:
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rj00etawxzl
https://x.com/YairGolan1/status/2073736894005817347
Israel Democracy Institute polling:
https://en.idi.org.il/articles/64665
https://forward.com/opinion/834848/netanyahu-israel-elections/
Jewish People Policy Institute polling:
https://jppi.org.il/he/%d7%9e%d7%93%d7%93-%d7%94%d7%97%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%a9%d7%a0%d7%aa-2026-%d7%97%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%9e%d7%94%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%98/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/most-israelis-believe-internal-conflicts-122932748.html
