Explainer-Netanyahu government challenge to Supreme Court reignites judicial row

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is challenging a Supreme Court ruling concerning the media regulator, reigniting a judicial dispute ahead of the expected national election in late October. This judicial row recalls tensions prior to the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.

JERUSALEM, July 6 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has threatened to fight a Supreme Court order regarding a media regulator, reigniting a judicial row that shook Israel in the months leading up to Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack. The decision comes ahead of a national election expected by late October. WHAT DID THE GOVERNMENT SAY? In a statement on Sunday, the government said that a June 17 ruling by the Supreme Court regarding the composition of the Second Authority for Television and Radio was a clear case of judicial overreach.