Judicial Selection Committee

Supreme Court justices accuse Levin of deepening judge shortage as appointments clash escalates

The Sunday letter, replying to Levin’s Judicial Selection Committee notice, said he had finally acknowledged, after delay, the harm caused by failing to convene the committee and fill posts.

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a Knesset committee meeting in Jerusalem. January 21, 2025.
 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

 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.

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


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.

Netanyahu violating conflict of interest over reform again - NGO to A-G

MQG argued that alterations to the Judicial Selection Committee would allow Netanyahu to appoint justices and a High Court president who might preside over any criminal appeal.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, 30 July 2023.

After Netanyahu’s remarks, what’s left of the judicial reform? - analysis

The prime minister appeared to drop regulating legal advisers and restricting judicial review from the agenda. 

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the voting in the Knesset plenum on Monday.

PM seeks to calm markets in conversation with Bloomberg

Netanyahu dismissed fears of civil war and offered a hopeful message that the opposing sides “will mesh.”

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, 30 July 2023.

Is Israel's new judicial reform law leverage for Netanyahu? - analysis

The prime minister sends a message that the coalition doesn't need the opposition to negotiate to advance its judicial agenda.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds last Sunday’s cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, as Justice Minister Yariv Levin looks on.

High Court hearing on Judicial Selection Committee set for September

The petitioners argued that Levin was abusing his role as justice minister to further political considerations.

 K SIMCHA ROTHMAN with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset on Wednesday.

What is the next stage of the Israeli government's judicial reform?

The next bill that the coalition will likely promote is on the Judicial Selection Committee, perhaps the most contentious issue of judicial reform.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, 25 June 2023.