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After nearly a month in which Israel’s Hebrew-language media largely rallied behind the war with Iran – aside from a handful of dissenting voices – the facade of unity cracked last week. Familiar fault lines reemerged, dividing coverage along lines of support for or opposition to the regime overhaul led by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This time, the divide centered on the High Court of Justice’s intervention in sweeping restrictions imposed by the police and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Home Front Command on an anti-war protest in Tel Aviv.

The court’s decision to allow a Saturday-night demonstration at Habima Square in central Tel Aviv, capped at 600 participants, along with the Justices’ criticism that the police and the Home Front Command were not enforcing similarly stringent limits on other gatherings – such as those at beaches and shopping centers – provoked outrage on both sides. Opponents of the regime overhaul argued that the Justices were safeguarding democracy, and that government ministers were precipitating a constitutional crisis by announcing plans to circumvent the ruling. Supporters of the overhaul countered that it was the Justices themselves who were creating a constitutional........

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