Judicial Selection Committee

Levin tells High Court advancing permanent district court appointments not realistic pre-elections

With elections approaching, the window for ordinary appointments is closing quickly.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin, MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionist Party), and MK Yulia Malinovsky hold joint press conference in Knesset ahead of upcoming vote on bill to publicly prosecute Oct. 7 terrorists, Sunday May 10, 2026.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Ministers and Mk's attend a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 10, 2025.

High Court presses Levin to advance district court appointments by Tuesday

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

A-G: Levin’s partial plan to convene judge selection panel does not end High Court case

 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


Yariv Levin, interim High Court head appoint 14 new Israeli judges

The High Court is missing two justices after former chief justice Esther Hayut and former Justice Anat Baron retired last month.

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

Israel's top justice to hold muted retirement event amid Yariv Levin spat

It was decided that the ceremony would be a muted affair, with no speakers from outside the judiciary - and not just Justice Minister Yariv Levin.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE President Esther Hayut hears a petition at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

Saying goodbye to a year better forgotten

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: May the questions over Israeli democracy and social divisions stay in 5783.

 PROTESTERS HUG during an anti-judicial reform protest near the Knesset, in July.

Israeli minister proposes to establish a separate High Court

Karhi’s draft would separate the High Court of Justice from the Supreme Court, and endow it the power to engage in judicial review of regular and basic laws.

 MK Shlomo Karhi speaks at emergency Knesset meeting, April 6, 2022.

Israel's High Court postpones judicial hearing after Levin's demand

The hearing was set for Tuesday but will be delayed until a date no later than October 23.

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

High Court to Levin: Explain delay in convening Judicial Selection Committee

The justice minister has refused to convene the Judicial Selection Committee until the section of the judicial reform that changes its makeup is passed.

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

Herzog: Israeli leaders must show responsibility, end judicial crisis

"This is precisely the moment in which our political leadership must feign daring and responsibility and break us out of this crisis," Herzog said. 

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog hosts the Presidential Medal of Honor Award Ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, last week.

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

The Judicial Selection Committee must be convened now - opinion

The Judicial Selection Committee has not met for more than a year, and during this period, various positions held by judges have been vacated.

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

Both sides must consider Herzog's judicial reform proposal - editorial

The proposal reportedly includes softening Knesset legislation, freezing reform of the Judicial Selection Committee, and requiring a seven out of nine majority on the committee for all appointments.

 Israeli president Isaac Herzog attends the President's Award for volunteering at the president's residence in Jerusalem, June 14, 2023.