Judicial Selection Committee

Israel might be headed towards its own January 6 moment - opinion

This is far from trivial. Ever since taking office in January 2023, this coalition has done everything it possibly could to undermine the legitimacy of the Supreme Court and the attorney-general.

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and ten Supreme Court justices arrive for a hearing on petitions against the change to the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 21, 2026.

Judicial Selection Committee picks 26 more judges, registrars after extended freeze

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and ten Supreme Court justices arrive for a hearing on petitions against the change to the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 21, 2026.

Judicial Selection Committee selects 68 officials for court system after year-and-a-half freeze

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.

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


Should Israel's High Court strike down or uphold judicial reform law?

Some 37% of the poll's respondents said that the High Court should dismiss the petitions as opposed to 34% who said it should strike down the law.

 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, High Court President Esther Hayut

The Judicial Selection Committee must be convened now - opinion

The Judicial Selection Committee has not met for more than a year, and during this period, various positions held by judges have been vacated.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

Both sides must consider Herzog's judicial reform proposal - editorial

The proposal reportedly includes softening Knesset legislation, freezing reform of the Judicial Selection Committee, and requiring a seven out of nine majority on the committee for all appointments.

 Israeli president Isaac Herzog attends the President's Award for volunteering at the president's residence in Jerusalem, June 14, 2023.

What do we know about the 'compromise outline?' - analysis

The reasonableness standard law, which is set to be deliberated on before the High Court of Justice next Tuesday, would reportedly be softened through a return to legislation.

 MK SIMCHA ROTHMAN, head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and one of the architects of the government’s judicial reform legislation, attends a discussion and a vote on the reasonableness bill, in the Knesset last month.

Judicial Selection Committee High Court hearing postponed

The judiciary is set to suffer a shortage of 53 judges by the end of the year.

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara (right)

Yariv Levin rejects A-G representation at pivotal High Court hearing

The justice minister said that the attorney general’s legal position was in extreme contradiction to that of the government.

 (L-R) Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and Justice Minister Yariv Levin

Who judges Israel? How judges are selected has become a flashpoint

LEGAL AFFAIRS: The judicial selection committee and the future of democracy in Israel.

 ONLY JUDGES who are in line with the political agenda of the Supreme Court are chosen to be judges and move up the ladder, argues one democracy researcher.

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.

Levin: A-G 'trampling right of representation' at judge selection hearing

Levin said that he was only informed by Baharav-Miara in a Thursday phone call that she would represent him.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on January 4, 2023.

Don't change judicial selection process without opposition consensus - editorial

Following the national trauma caused by the passage of the reasonableness clause, can this country truly afford an even greater upheaval if the judicial selection process is changed?

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen speaking at a memorial ceremony for Ze'ev Jabotinsky on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, on July 18, 2023.