Judicial Selection Committee

Levin tells High Court advancing permanent district court appointments not realistic pre-elections

With elections approaching, the window for ordinary appointments is closing quickly.

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Justice Minister Yariv Levin, MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionist Party), and MK Yulia Malinovsky hold joint press conference in Knesset ahead of upcoming vote on bill to publicly prosecute Oct. 7 terrorists, Sunday May 10, 2026.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Ministers and Mk's attend a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 10, 2025.

High Court presses Levin to advance district court appointments by Tuesday

Justices focus on Beersheba, Haifa courts as petitioners seek final order before election clock freezes Judicial Selection Committee.

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Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

A-G: Levin’s partial plan to convene judge selection panel does not end High Court case

The filing, submitted on behalf of the legal advisory system and the Courts Administration, comes ahead of a hearing scheduled for Sunday on Levin’s refusal to convene the committee.

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Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a Knesset committee meeting in Jerusalem. January 21, 2025.

Supreme Court justices accuse Levin of deepening judge shortage as appointments clash escalates

The Sunday letter, replying to Levin’s Judicial Selection Committee notice, said he had finally acknowledged, after delay, the harm caused by failing to convene the committee and fill posts.

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Letters to the Editor March 27, 2023: Chaos and anarchy

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MARCH 27, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Knesset gears up for fateful week as judicial reform continues -analysis

The coalition packed the legislative schedule this week in order to pass into the law the first and perhaps most important bill of its judicial reform: the Judicial Appointments bill.

MARCH 25, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Israeli MKs are seen in the Knesset plenum following a day of voting on March 22, 2023

Judicial Appointments Committee bill expected to pass into law this week, deepening crisis

Defense Minister Gallant may break silence; Protest leaders announce “Week of Paralysis”

MARCH 25, 2023ByELIAV BREUER, TOVAH LAZAROFF, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
MEMBERS OF Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition applaud his speech yesterday at the Knesset. Will they continue to give him a Standing O?

Yariv Levin: I will disobey if High Court rules against judicial reform bill

"If the justice minister refuses to obey the law, why should the citizens obey the government," opposition head Yair Lapid argued.

MARCH 21, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a discussion and a vote on the government's judicial overhaul plans in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2023

'Softened' judicial selection proposal tailored for coalition's needs - analysis

By appointing the next two justices in October, one of whom could become the next chief justice, the coalition could still gain political influence over the court system.

MARCH 20, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
THE HIGH Court of Justice has been a paper tiger in everything concerning the Netanyahu bloc’s interests, says the writer

Israeli opposition heads reject judicial selection bill compromise

Members of Likud and other coalition MKs criticize the compromise and demand the original law.

MARCH 20, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid is seen gesturing at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023.

New Rothman proposal does not solve 'essential legal difficulties,' deputy A-G says

The changes proposed by Rothman to the bill were met with criticism from both coalition and opposition MKS.

MARCH 20, 2023ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu looks toward MK Simcha Rothman as they confer with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset last week. Levin and Rothman have been emphasizing the larger public welfare, says the writer

Coalition leaders meet to discuss ‘softening’ of judicial reform

Rothman introduces drastic Judicial Selection Committee changes.

MARCH 19, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR, ELIAV BREUER
MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution Committee, at a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 19, 2023.

Israel's judicial reform alternative must bring compromise, drafters say

Constitution proposed to President Herzog by NGO to serve as basis for negotiation.

MARCH 13, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israel's High Court of Justice

Likud punishes stalwart Yuli Edelstein for absence during judicial reform vote

The override clause bill passed its first reading late Monday night in a 61-52 vote.

MARCH 13, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR, ELIAV BREUER
Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 12, 2023.