Esther Hayut

Levin demands cancellation of Supreme Court conference, warns of further steps

In a sharply worded letter sent to Courts Administration Director Judge Tzachi Uziel, Levin called for the cancellation of a study day titled “Education for Democracy,” scheduled for January 25.

Minister of Justice Yariv Levin attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 19, 2025.
 Interim Supreme Court Chief Justice Isaac Amit’s was officially appointed permanent chief justice in a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem

Amit officially appointed Chief Justice, PM and Knesset speaker boycott

Justice Minister Yariv Levin seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Yariv Levin requests delay of Supreme Court chief justice appointment over allegations

 Former Supreme court president Esther Hayut (C) at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024.

'Disastrous initiatives': Ex-Supreme Court chief Esther Hayut slams gov't calls for judicial reform


Israel faces constitutional crisis in historic High Court hearing

High Court Justice Yitzhak Amit: Democracy dies in small steps • Full bench of 15 discusses amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary

 The High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

Israel's High Court rejects Rothman appeal to disqualify top justice

Rothman had appealed to the court on Monday as one of the respondents to the eight petitions against the judicial reform law.

 MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Rothman looks to ban Israel's top justice from judicial reform hearing

Knesset Legal Advisor Sagit Afik reportedly refused to file the motion, which Rothman sought because she had expressed bias on the matter.

 MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Elron asks to become Supreme Court president instead of Amit

The Supreme Court president is appointed by the Judicial Selection Committee but is typically done by seniority.

 Supreme Court Justice Yosef Elron is seen arriving for a court hearing in Jerusalem, on May 22, 2023.

High Court hearings will be a battle for Israel's future - opinion

Appointing judges on behalf of the delusional reform laws (225 laws in total – for those interested) will turn us into a fully-fledged dictatorship.

 SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut presides over a hearing, earlier this month. A month before she retires, Hayut will wage the battle of her life, says the writer.

Gov't demands High Court postpone reasonableness clause hearing

If postponed, the hearing may come at a time when High Court President Esther Hayut and a justice are set to retire.

 High Court hears petitions on against the incapacitation law on August 3, 2023.

'Banana republic': Right-wing activists protest High Court's top justice

Protestors brought crates of bananas to protest the "banana republic" powers of the court.

 Right-wing Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on March 30, 2023.

High Court: Hayut not in conflict of interest for reasonableness hearing

The Lavi NGO petitioned the High Court that Esther Hayut had expressed bias against the Law to Cancel the Reasonableness Standard at a January 12 conference.

 High Court Judge Esther Hayut hears petitions against the incapacitation law on August 3, 2023.

Protest to be held at High Court president's home: 'Hayut you're not queen'

A protest against the High Court of Justice is expected to take place outside of High Court President Esther Hayut's home on Thursday night.

 High Court Judge Esther Hayut hears petitions against the incapacitation law on August 3, 2023.

Israel's High Court issues injunction against Netanyahu's protection law

The court order didn't say when the law would come into effect or until when the injunction would apply.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Supreme Court President Esther Hayut attend a ceremony in Jerusalem, in 2019.