Minister Eli Cohen responded Monday evening to those asking whether the government will comply with a High Court ruling, stating that everyone is subject to the law — including the court itself — according to his remarks posted on social media.
Minister Eli Cohen weighed in Monday evening on the ongoing public debate over government compliance with prospective High Court rulings. In a social media post, Cohen stated: 'To all those asking whether we will comply with the High Court — everyone is subject to the law. Including the court!'
The statement comes amid a broader political row over judicial authority, with several coalition figures in recent days calling on the government to consider defying a potential High Court ruling. Earlier statements by Government Secretary Yossi Fuchs and Deputy Minister Almog Cohen raised similar themes, though Fuchs later clarified he did not call for outright defiance.
Cohen's remarks — short and declarative — align with a growing body of rhetoric from coalition lawmakers pressing the government to assert what they see as the legislature's supremacy over judicial review. The precise upcoming ruling that sparked the question remains unspecified, but the context is a series of legal challenges to coalition legislation currently before the High Court.
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