On July 5, 2026, the Israeli government announced that it will not comply with a June 22, 2026, Supreme Court ruling, delivered while sitting as the High Court of Justice, in a dispute concerning the Second Authority Council, the national broadcast regulator. The court had ordered that the “outgoing” council remain in place in its current composition and that resigning members not be counted when determining quorums or membership. News media have described this as an unprecedented constitutional crisis.In a July 7, 2026, decision, the High Court addressed the government’s noncompliance with judicial decisions and emphasized that “the duty to obey and respect court rulings is one of the fundamental conditions in which the rule of law in a democratic country is based....