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


Netanyahu: Israeli judicial reform to advance, 'moderately, responsibly'

Leaders of the protest groups against the Israeli judicial overhaul vowed to meet Netanyahu's threats with protests and disruptions.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023.

Liberman: Opposition, coalition colluded on judicial selection panel vote

Lapid accused Netanyahu of trying to freeze the judicial reform to mollify the US and anti-reform protestors.

 Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend the special plenary session opening the winter session of the Knesset, on October 23, 2017.

What is going on with Israel's judicial selection process? - explainer

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: What does Wednesday’s vote mean about the judicial overhaul, the talks at the President’s Residence and the government’s stability going forward?

 MK KARINE ELHARRAR poses for a picture after voting in the Judicial Selection Committee vote earlier this week.

Lapid and Gantz, restart Israeli judicial reform talks - editorial

Freezing the talks for judicial reform now doesn’t punish Netanyahu. It does, however, punish the Israeli public.

 MKS YAIR Lapid and Benny Gantz stand next to each other during a debate in the Knesset plenum last week.

Coalition MKs 'screwed' Netanyahu by voting for Elharrar - Likud lawmakers

Coalition MKs who voted for Elharrar did so out of 'decency,' Lapid says • National Unity's Ze'ev Elkin: I knew of coalition MKs voting for Elharrar

 Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu seen after a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on June 14, 2023

Judicial reform talks frozen after opposition wins judge committee seat

Lapid and Gantz: No point in continuing talks if committee does not convene • At least four coalition MKs vote for Yesh Atid's Karin Elharrar

 Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid, National Unity head Benny Gantz and MK Karine Elharrar hold a joint press conference in the Israeli parliament, Jeursalem, on June 14, 2023

How to avoid Israel's self-destructing loop ahead of key Knesset vote - analysis

It is essential for everyone to remember the self-destructive loop the country was entangled in just under three months ago.

 Israeli MKs are seen in the Knesset plenum following a day of voting on March 22, 2023

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