http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200512-133607-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/is-it-the-courts-role-to-save-a-country-from-itself/ Is it the Court’s Role to Save a Country from Itself? Hostovsky Brandes, Tamar eng 2020-05-12 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Supreme Court Unity Agreement Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 On May 6, 2020, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected eight petitions against PM Netanyahu’s rule as PM and against the unity agreement between Netanyahu and his former contender, Benny Gantz (“the Unity Agreement”). The unanimous decision was delivered by an expanded panel of eleven judges, who emphasized that despite the severity of the allegations against Netanyahu, there was no basis, in Israeli law, for disqualifying him.