Judges
Sharp rise in complaints against judges in 2025 as systemic delays remain core issue
According to the report, 1,100 complaints were filed in 2025, up from 770 in 2024, while the average complaint-handling time was 228 days, with 474 complaints still unresolved as of December 2025.
A-G: Levin ‘breaking the law’ by freezing judicial appointments as judge shortage deepens
Bruce Springsteen releases Minneapolis protest song, sings 'ICE out now!'
Histadrut corruption probe: Judge blocks extension of restrictions on union chairman
ICC stand on Israel didn't stop international judicial group conference
"We have 94 national associations. Israel is one of those 94. It is exactly the same as if it was another one of the other 93."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
First Arab Muslim, Mizrahi woman appointed to Supreme Court
The Israeli Supreme Court is closer than ever to a conservative majority.
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.
