Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset last year, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the architect of the government's attempt to weaken the judiciary, to his right.

Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset last year, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the architect of the government’s attempt to weaken the judiciary, to his right. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi

Netanyahu’s cabinet might be trying to set a precedent of a government blatantly ignoring a Supreme Court ruling – just before Israel’s Central Elections Committee makes decisions about this autumn’s general election