Five former presidents of Israel's Supreme Court — Aharon Barak, Dorit Beinisch, Asher Grunis, Esther Hayut, and Uzi Vogelman — warned Monday that the government's decision regarding the Second Authority Council is of unprecedented severity, according to a report by N12.
Five former presidents of Israel's Supreme Court—Aharon Barak, Dorit Beinisch, Asher Grunis, Esther Hayut, and Uzi Fogelman—issued a joint statement Monday evening (18:01 Jerusalem) warning that the government's defiance of a High Court ruling on the Second Authority for Television and Radio is 'the last nail in the coffin of democracy,' according to N12 journalist Guy Peleg. The statement, first reported by ynet, marks the most senior judicial condemnation yet of the government's decision, which was formally communicated to the High Court on Sunday (The Zioneer, Mon 18:01 Jerusalem). The warning escalates the crisis from a specific legal dispute to a broad constitutional confrontation.
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