Judiciary

Seventy-nine judicial appointees take oath after 18-month selection freeze

Herzog hosted the ceremony alongside Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, placing the two officials at the center of the same event after repeated court battles.

A ceremony to swear in 79 judicial appointees following an 18-month selection freeze, September 15, 2026.
Pictured is an illustrative image of an IDF soldier.

Israeli lawyer faces ethics complaint over expert opinion used to target IDF reservist in UK

An Israel Police officer standing outside the headquarters of Lahav 433 - The National Crime Unit; illustrative.

High Court blocks new police appointments pending decision on restructuring law

US Attorney General Todd Blanche holds a press conference to discuss Tren de Aragua developments at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, July 1, 2026.

Former DOJ lawyer alleges Trump university antisemitism probes lacked evidence


We should all compromise to protect Israel’s judiciary from political strife - opinion

The incoming president of the Supreme Court could raise the flag of compromise in the form of the victor’s outstretched hand and allow Levin’s candidate to be appointed to the court.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin (right) and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, a former justice minister, attend a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting last week. Their proposal is significantly better than the original plan that roiled the country in 2023, but has substantial flaws

Yariv Levin requests delay of Supreme Court chief justice appointment over allegations

Israel has been without a chief justice since October 2023, when former chief justice Esther Hayut’s tenure ended.

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

US federal judge delegation explores Oct 7 challenge to Israeli legal system

The judges' trip included an exploration of International Humanitarian Law and the laws of war from the Israeli perspective.

 Florida Judge Roy Altman and his delegation of 14 US federal judges in front of Israel's Knesset.

Vogelman: Reform ruling part of constitutional process, need last Basic Law

Acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman called to permanently fill the top justice position.

 Supreme Court justice Uzi Vogelman at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, on December 31, 2023

Justice Minister Levin to convene judicial selection panel within 15 days

Without new judges being appointed, Israel was on track to be short more than 50 judges by the end of next month.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

The judicial reform is a wholesale uprooting of the judiciary's power - opinion

This specific amendment is not a limitation placed upon the judiciary’s power of review over acts of the executive. It is indeed the uprooting of this power.

The writer wonders whether all the High Court justices themselves understand the severity of the reasonableness standard amendment.

Israel's government attorney questions 'hasty' Declaration of Independence

Justice Yitzhak Amit said that democracy doesn’t usually die all at once, “democracy dies in small steps.”

 A colorized image of David Ben-Gurion reading Israel’s Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948.

Should Israel's High Court strike down or uphold judicial reform law?

Some 37% of the poll's respondents said that the High Court should dismiss the petitions as opposed to 34% who said it should strike down the law.

 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, High Court President Esther Hayut

Israel's High Court rejects Rothman appeal to disqualify top justice

Rothman had appealed to the court on Monday as one of the respondents to the eight petitions against the judicial reform law.

 MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Israel should split its judicial review of reasonableness - opinion

Should the parties to the litigation challenging the reasonableness standard law agree to a split in the application of the standard of review of reasonableness? If not, should the court impose one?

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu gestures in the Knesset plenum on July 24, as the reasonableness bill was being passed.