Judicial Selection Committee

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.

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

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin presents the reasonableness clause to the Knesset in July.

High Court blasts Levin: 'No judges, we are releasing murder suspects'

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.

Full Supreme Court to hear challenge to Judicial Selection Committee law


Israel has opened 'gates of hell' on hostages with return to war, former Mossad chief says

"The gates of hell might have opened on the Gazans, but for sure they have opened on the 59 hostages, and there is no savior."

 Tamir Pardo, Former Director of Mossad attends a rally against the decision of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bat Ronen Bar, at Habima Square, March 18, 2025.

Ex-deputy chief justice: ICC, UN clapping over gov’t tearing down judicial independence

"We are a democracy, but with the situation now, we are doing an injustice to this term, this was a knife in the back of democracy.”

 Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the ICC headquarters (illustrative).

Knesset approves dramatic judicial selection committee bill

Yesh Atid and the Movement for Quality of Government subsequently submitted a petition against the bill to the High Court of Justice.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers in the Knesset plenum during the vote on the bill to amend the makeup of Israel's Judicial selection committee. March 27, 2025.

Emergency meeting of senior legal officials discuss Shin Bet head dismissal, A-G

“These moves, when they accumulate together, constitute a real danger to democracy and the security of Israel and to every citizen in the country," said Amit Bachar.

 Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services speaks at the annual Cyber Week, at the Tel Aviv University, on June 27, 2023.

Controversial judicial watchdog bill passes, Lapid promises to repeal

Known colloquially as the “judicial watchdog,” the ombudsman is responsible for hearing complaints against all judges with statutory powers.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Why politicizing judicial appointments is dangerous for Israel - opinion

The framework eliminates the current supermajority requirement for appointing Supreme Court justices and replaces it with mutual veto power for the coalition and opposition.

 Then-Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and all 15 justices assemble to hear petitions against the reasonableness standard law in the High Court of Justice, in Jerusalem, September 2023.

High Court rules Levin must convene Judicial Selection Committee Sunday

Earlier on Friday, Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara penned a letter to Levin, calling on him to convene the committee. 

Justice Minister Yariv Levin seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Return of judicial reform: Knesset committee prepares new Sa'ar-Levin bill

The new bill is based on a joint proposal by Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar and is expected to pass into law by the end of February.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) at the Supreme Court (illustrative)

High Court gives Levin ten more days to appoint Chief Justice

The AG wrote that it was not clear why Levin waited until the days before the deadline to air the allegations, some of which arose already in 2023.

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara attends the Knesset in Jerusalem. November 18, 2024.

How the Israeli system actually works (or fails) may surprise you - opinion

The judicial selection process is complex, involving input by judges, the Israel Bar Association, and Knesset.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, this past October.