Judges

A-G: Levin ‘breaking the law’ by freezing judicial appointments as judge shortage deepens

Ahead of Thursday’s High Court hearing, state lawyers said the prolonged paralysis is harming litigants, delaying hearings and urgent rulings, and leaving “thousands of cases waiting on the shelf."

Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.
Bruce Springsteen performs during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, October 28, 2024; illustrative.

Bruce Springsteen releases Minneapolis protest song, sings 'ICE out now!'

Arnon Ben Dor, Chairman of the Histadrut, visits in the Northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona., June 27, 2024.

Histadrut corruption probe: Judge blocks extension of restrictions on union chairman

Beersheba District Court president Benny Sagi's motorcycle following the fatal car crash on Highway 6, January 4, 2026.

'Modest and humble': Beersheba District Court president Benny Sagi dies in Highway 6 car crash


How do Israel's homeless get benefits without an address? - court case

An Israeli homeless man filed for benefits but didn't have an address. This case was an example of bureaucracies’ limitations when administering social welfare programs.

 A homeless man on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road (Illustrative photo).

High Court accuses Israel's politicians of political attacks on courts

President Herzog said it's imperative to protect the independence of Israel's legal system and the rule of law.

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut speaks at the annual Israel Bar Association conference.

Israeli judges accused of dragging out cases in annual complaint report

The 2021 report covers the COVID-19 era, which officials have described as an unprecedented challenge for Israel's judicial branch.

 Supreme Court Chief of Justice Ester Hayut with Supreme Court judge George Karra and Supreme court justices at a ceremony held for outgoign Supreme Court judge George Karra, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022.

Israeli-Arab Justice George Kara retires

Justice Kara's last act of his job was to overrule the lower district court which had extended a new potential entitlement to certain criminals.

 Supreme Court Chief of Justice Ester Hayut with Supreme Court judge George Karra and Supreme court justices at a ceremony held for outgoign Supreme Court judge George Karra, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022.

Herzog presides over appointments of 83 new judges and court registrars

Paramount in the addresses of all four was the need for objectivity, independence free of external influences, respect for and preservation of dignity.

 Israeli president Isaac Herzog at a memorial ceremony for former prime minister Menahem Begin, in Jerusalem, March 7, 2022.

Arab man receives shortened sentence for attacking Ultra-Orthodox Jews

Saleh Bakirat, 20, from Jerusalem, was sentenced to a maximum of 30 months in prison for attacking Jews, even though the prosecution sought at least 11 years in prison.

 HAREDIM ON a Mea Shearim street corner during Sukkot.

Former High Court judge Eliezer Goldberg passes away at 90

Eliezer Goldberg was a state comptroller and public complaints commissioner as well as a judge in the High Court of Justice.

Retired Supreme Court Justice Eliezer Goldberg 370

First Arab Muslim, Mizrahi woman appointed to Supreme Court

The Israeli Supreme Court is closer than ever to a conservative majority.

 THE SUPREME Court, Jerusalem: Critiques from Right and Left.

Who is the country’s first female Muslim District Court judge?

Osali Abu Assad was appointed a full-fledged Northern Magistrate’s Court Judge in 2012.

A gavel in a court of law

Miriam Naor: Part Jewish mother, part judicial mensch - opinion

Characteristically diligent, she served even in her final hours, sitting late into the night, as Head of the State Commission investigating the Meron tragedy.

 THE WRITER (right), on the day of her inaugural speech to the Knesset, August 5, 2020, poses with former Supreme Court president Miriam Naor.