Movement for Quality Government Seeks Sanctions in High Court Standoff

The Movement for Quality Government's July 6 High Court-standoff follow-up says it will ask the High Court to use the Contempt of Court Ordinance after the cabinet's Second Authority decision. The group wants sanctions against the responsible ministers, including heavy fines and possible arrest, unless the state complies with the court's ruling on the regulator's council. Current reporting ties the step to a Sunday-night rally, while the Attorney General and President Isaac Herzog warned that noncompliance would damage rule-of-law foundations. Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs says the statement did not call for defying the court, so the fight now turns on legal meaning as well as political power. Israel needs elected-government authority and media pluralism, but constitutional disputes must stay inside lawful channels before elections.