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.

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

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

 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


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.

Judicial Selection Committee emerging as Israel's next political battle

Judicial reform negotiations are set to resume as the June 15 deadline to form the Judicial Selection Committee nears.

 MK Simcha Rotman, Head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee seen during a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 29, 2023.

Lapid: Choose Israeli judge selection committee members next month

The Yesh Atid leader said that the selections for Israel's Judicial Selection Committee should include the seat that had traditionally been reserved for the opposition.

 Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Yad Mordechai, April 17, 2023.

Political appointments ruin Israel's civil service: The Alef case

Political appointments have a cancerous effect on the civil service. In many instances, incompetent people are appointed and the civil service becomes mediocre.

 President Isaac Herzog presides over a ceremony for swearing in new judges at the President’s Residence on May 9, 2022.

Are Israel's pro-democracy protests fruitful or futile?

Protests send a strong signal regarding people’s conviction because they require more effort and sacrifice than other means of publicly expressing support for democracy.

 An aerial view shows protesters demonstrating against the government’s judicial overhaul plan in Tel Aviv on April 29.