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


Israel's opposition to lose seat on judge selection panel without deal - Fuchs

Israel's coalition will not control the committee, which will be formed based on the existing makeup * MK Ze'ev Elkin – 'a victory for the opposition'

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG leads the first negotiation meeting over judicial overhaul compromises with representatives from Likud, National Unity, Yesh Atid and Labor, at the President’s Residence.

Netanyahu's Israeli judicial reform is already here - opinion

The judges Israel already has are human beings. And their attitudes, predilections, concerns and decisions are affected by experience, perception and milieu

 SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut attends a conference in Haifa, in January. Would the Supreme Court nullify Knesset legislation as readily today as it did six months ago? It should be clear to all that it will not, says the writer.

Judicial reforms negotiations focus on Judicial Selection Committee

A six-hour session on judicial reform negotiations at Jerusalem's Waldorf Astoria Hotel was held in "good spirits"

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG leads the first negotiation meeting over judicial overhaul compromises with representatives from Likud, National Unity, Yesh Atid and Labor, at the President’s Residence.

Israeli asks ChatGPT to write 'South Park' episode on judicial reform crisis

The plot of South Park episode parodying the judicial reform crisis features with Cartman as Benjamin Netanyahu, Butters as Sara Netanyahu and Kenny as Bezalel Smotrich.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the popular US comedy series South Park.

Checks and balances: The never-ending battle in Israeli democracy - opinion

Israel’s current political leadership in its hostility to what it perceives as too liberal a court is attempting to increase its power by eliminating the perpetual tension.

 THEN-PRESIDENT Reuven Rivlin votes in the Knesset election, in Jerusalem, in March 2021. Voting in Israel is solely limited to a single ballot cast for a political party, not an individual.

Will the Knesset be back to judicial reform mayhem post-recess?

Political affairs: The new Knesset’s first session was dominated by the judicial overhaul controversy. What should we expect when it resumes its activity on April 30?

 MEMBERS OF THE opposition react during a past speech by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Knesset.

Netanyahu: Judges appointed after reform won't deal with corruption trials

Prime minister must be involved as judicial reform goes beyond the scope of the legal arena, Netanyahu's legal team argued.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a weekly government meeting, Sunday April 2.

How can the coalition and opposition compromise on judicial reform?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: As both sides of the judicial reform debate finally come to the table together, what are the possible outcomes of their anticipated meetings?

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG leads the first negotiation meeting over judicial overhaul compromises with representatives from Likud, National Unity, Yesh Atid and Labor, at the President’s Residence.

Herzog proposed as head of judicial selection committee in new outline

The High Court would retain judicial review for normal legislation under the proposed plan, but the Knesset would have an 67 MK majority override clause.

Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce president Uriel Lynn

Benny Gantz urges Netanyahu to keep Gallant at his post

Gantz also assembled a team to conduct negotiations regarding the judicial reform at President Isaac Herzog's residence.

MK Benny Gantz seen during a protest outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, against the government's planned judicial overhaul, on March 27, 2023.