Justice Minister Yariv Levin intends to skip a Judicial Selection Committee session on Sunday after the Supreme Court denied his request to postpone it due to alleged conflict of interest issues surrounding a candidate for the court’s presidency.

Citing unnamed Justice Ministry sources, several Israeli news outlets on Friday reported that Levin intends to sit out the meeting, where he has a vote, as an act of protest against the court’s policies and its conduct in connection with selecting its president.

This development represents a new low point in the strained relationship between the court and Levin, who has vowed to reform Israel’s judicial system and introduce checks and balances to the court’s powers.