Judicial Selection Committee

Seventy-nine judicial appointees take oath after 18-month selection freeze

Herzog hosted the ceremony alongside Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, placing the two officials at the center of the same event after repeated court battles.

A ceremony to swear in 79 judicial appointees following an 18-month selection freeze, September 15, 2026.
View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.

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

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


Lapid and Gantz, restart Israeli judicial reform talks - editorial

Freezing the talks for judicial reform now doesn’t punish Netanyahu. It does, however, punish the Israeli public.

 MKS YAIR Lapid and Benny Gantz stand next to each other during a debate in the Knesset plenum last week.

Coalition MKs 'screwed' Netanyahu by voting for Elharrar - Likud lawmakers

Coalition MKs who voted for Elharrar did so out of 'decency,' Lapid says • National Unity's Ze'ev Elkin: I knew of coalition MKs voting for Elharrar

 Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu seen after a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on June 14, 2023

Judicial reform talks frozen after opposition wins judge committee seat

Lapid and Gantz: No point in continuing talks if committee does not convene • At least four coalition MKs vote for Yesh Atid's Karin Elharrar

 Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid, National Unity head Benny Gantz and MK Karine Elharrar hold a joint press conference in the Israeli parliament, Jeursalem, on June 14, 2023

How to avoid Israel's self-destructing loop ahead of key Knesset vote - analysis

It is essential for everyone to remember the self-destructive loop the country was entangled in just under three months ago.

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

Who are the candidates for Israel's Judicial Selection Committee?

The voting for the committee is set to begin in the Knesset plenum just before noon on Wednesday.

 The Law Committee votes on changes to the Judicial Selection Committee.

7 gov't MKs still vying for spot on Israel's judicial selection panel

Judicial reform talks could explode if the Israeli coalition does not narrow the field down to one candidate by Wednesday.

 Coalition MKs Tally Gottliv (Likud) and Yitzhak Kreuzer (Otzma Yehudit) are both vying for a spot on Israel's Judicial Selection Committee.

Lapid thanks Michaeli, Gantz as his candidate applies for judicial selection panel

MKs Michaeli and Gantz withdrew their candidates from the running in order to unite the opposition.

 YESH ATID head MK Yair Lapid and Blue and White head MK Benny Gantz

Which direction is the judicial reform wind blowing in?

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: the wind in Israeli politics can change in the blink of an eye, and, with so many variables and unpredictable events lying ahead.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin and his Likud colleague David Amsalem, minister at the Justice Ministry and regional cooperation minister, talk while they walk in the Knesset this week

'Post-Zionist agendas' entered Israel's court system, Yariv Levin charges

Lapid and Gantz meet on Judicial Selection Committee • Gideon Sa'ar tells justice minister to 'go hospitalize himself'

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin during a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on May 28, 2023

Israel's Knesset to hold Judicial Selection Committee vote on June 14

The committee will be required to appoint a woman to one of each of the roles, including justices, Knesset members, ministers, and Bar Association members.

 The Law Committee votes on changes to the Judicial Selection Committee.