Supreme Court allows outgoing Second Authority council to meet without resigned members

Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled that the outgoing council members of the Second Authority for Television and Radio may convene even without the members who resigned. The decision came in response to petitions challenging two government decisions, from March 24 and March 31, that appointed new people to serve as chairperson of the Second Authority and as council members.

The ruling means the remaining members of the outgoing council are permitted to continue meeting despite the departures, while the government’s recent appointments remain the subject of the legal challenge. The article does not say whether the court addressed the validity of the appointments themselves, only that the council may assemble without the resigning members.