Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-07-06 at 01:01

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Israel Defies High Court Over Second Authority
Netanyahu Digs At Rivals Over Hamas Terms
Lebanon Maritime Deal Seen as Channel Win

The time is now 1:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, Sunday brought a constitutional test as the government approved a unanimous move to disobey a High Court ruling. In an unprecedented move, the government declared it would ignore a High Court ruling, a decision critics say marks a clear escalation in the ongoing clash between Israel’s executive and judicial branches and raises the risk of another constitutional crisis. The dispute centers on appointments to the Second Authority, the regulator overseeing Israel’s commercial television and radio broadcasters, with petitioners arguing that several new council members faced conflicts of interest, signals of political bias toward regulated outlets, and a flawed selection process that could undermine the regulator’s independence. Separately, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used Sunday’s cabinet meeting to sharpen his critique of rivals, attacking Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot and questioning their wartime choices, including their stance on terms offered to Hamas. He said there is no longer a simple Left-Right divide and suggested those who present themselves as right-wing were in practice aligned with the Left. He argued that accepting Hamas’s terms could have left the Iranian axis in a stronger position. Netanyahu also took aim at the maritime border agreement with Lebanon, signed under the Bennett-Lapid government, drawing attention to how critics framed the deal as a victory in channels rather than a clear strategic outcome.

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