Overview
- Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit granted an interim order halting the cabinet move to shut Galei Tzahal following multiple petitions.
- The freeze blocks implementation steps, with Amit writing that in the absence of a government pledge to refrain from unilateral action the decision must be frozen "with all that that entails."
- Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara backed the injunction, arguing the closure suffers legal and procedural flaws and risks harming press freedom with a chilling effect near elections.
- A three-justice panel—Daphne Barak-Erez, Ruth Ronen and Yechiel Kasher—will hear the cases, with the Histadrut joining alongside the station’s workers’ committee.
- Government officials, including Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, asserted the cabinet decision for a March 1, 2026 shutdown remains in force and criticized the court’s order.