Opposition Leaders Warn of Democratic Crisis Over Cabinet's Supreme Court Defiance

Senior Israeli politicians have issued stark warnings following the cabinet's decision to defy the Supreme Court. Former minister Eisenkot stated "A blow against Israeli democracy. If they don't retract immediately, we will descend into anarchy." Bennett called it "a severe and dangerous breach of the government's duty of loyalty to the state." Lapid declared "This is the collapse of the foundations of our democracy. From today in Israel there is no law, only rule." Golan warned of "a criminal government that has lost all restraint, one that will refuse to relinquish power."