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


Israel set to resume judicial reform legislation on Sunday

Opposition MKs and protest groups said they would ramp up opposition in order to delay the bill.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu looks toward MK Simcha Rothman as they confer with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset last week. Levin and Rothman have been emphasizing the larger public welfare, says the writer

Why have Israel's judicial reform talks broken down – and what’s next?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Optimistic yet cautious, Yesh Atid adviser Na’ama Schultz says real progress was made on the understanding that the country ‘needed a long-term solution.’

 HEBREW UNIVERSITY students in Jerusalem’s Givat Ram neighborhood protest the proposed judicial reform, in March.

There's no way to do Israeli judicial reform without broad consensus - editorial

The need to reform the judiciary is a matter of broad agreement in Israel. The overwhelming majority of Israelis want to see the coalition and the opposition reach agreement via negotiation.

 Protests against the judicial reform at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2023.

Why was judicial reform reasonableness bill submitted with another on Knesset table?

Under the new bill, the courts would not be able to use the reasonableness standard on decisions by the prime minister, ministers, and elected officials.  

 Israeli MKs Simcha Rothman (L) and Zvika Fogel are seen sitting at a special joint session of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and National Security Committee in Jerusalem, on May 16, 2023.

How will Bar Association election results affect judicial reform? - analysis

Becher is starkly against the government's judicial reforms, and participated a number of times in protests against the reforms in recent months.

 Some 150 lawyers protest in Tel Aviv against the government’s plan to remove Israel Bar Association members from the committee to appoint judges.

Judicial reform opponent may win Israel Bar race with record turnout

Interim Israel Bar Association chairman Amit Becher, a staunch opponent of the judicial reform, may have won the Bar's elections.

 Judicial reform opponent Amit Becher casts his ballot for the head of the Israeli Bar Association, at a voting station in Tel Aviv on June 20, 2023.

Judicial reform: A promising first vote puts the economy back on track - opinion

After Netanyahu’s declaration to move ahead with parts of the judicial reform, we have yet to see if our hope for change has sparked too early.

 DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST against the government’s planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv. After 24 weeks of protesting and a nationwide uproar, the economy has suffered the consequences.

Netanyahu's reshaping of the Judicial Selection Committee - opinion

Netanyahu had also provided assurances to the opposition that there would be no tricks around this arrangement, the committee would be convened.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu votes last Wednesday in the Knesset for an MK to serve on the Judicial Selection Committee

Judicial overhaul debate: Back to square one, everyone but extremists lose out - analysis

Each side said that the events in the Knesset where the coalition suffered a humiliating loss, whereby it did not select a member to the nine-member Judicial Selection Committee.

 MEMBERS OF Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition applaud his speech yesterday at the Knesset. Will they continue to give him a Standing O?

Netanyahu prefers having Shas on judge selection panel than far-right MK

Israeli coalition officials said the prime minster prefers to have a Shas member on the Judicial Selection Committee instead of a member of Otzma Yehudit.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023.