PM: Governments always respect court rulings – and courts never nixed a Basic Law – After contentious CNN interview, ‘clarification’ still not explicit on what he’d do if court intervenes on overhaul; Likud minister: We’ll respect ruling ‘under any circumstances’ | Timesofisrael

With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coming under fire for refusing to say his government would respect a Supreme Court ruling striking down its latest legislation, the Prime Minister’s Office issued a clarification Friday in which it said “The governments of Israel always respect court rulings.”
But the statement still did not clearly commit to doing so in this case. It qualified its apparent assurance by noting that, at the same time, “the court has always viewed itself as obligated by Basic Laws, to which it confers the status of a constitution.”