Israel Bar Association

'Dangerous incitement': Bar Association demands Smotrich remove AI video featuring justices, A-G

The Bar Association claimed that the AI-generated video, which depicts Israeli justices being dragged away from a protest, was an "attempt to intimidate" the Judicial system.

Finance Minister and head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich attends RZP's primaries event ahead of the upcoming elections, in Jerusalem, July 26, 2026.
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit addressing the special Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv on September 2, 2026..

Supreme Court president warns of physical violence against legal figures after vebal attacks

Raphael Lemkin

My cousin gave the world the word ‘genocide’ – don’t let anyone profit from it - opinion

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit arrives for a hearing on a petition concerning the continuation of the criminal investigation into alleged leaks in the “Sde Teiman” affair at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 31, 2026.

High Court presses state over judicial selection overhaul, warns of political incentives


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.

Bar association elections highlight the absurd - analysis

The IBA has two of the nine seats on the Judicial Selection Committee that appoints all of this country's judges, giving it outsized influence.

Israeli lawyers cast their ballot for the head of the Israeli Bar Association, at a voting station at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, June 20, 2023

High voter turnout reported in pivotal Israel Bar Association elections

Candidates urged voters to engage in their democratic right as soon as possible, as most polls closed at 5 p.m., and there were long queues.

 A voting station for the head of the Israeli Bar Association, at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, June 20, 2023

With Judicial Reform backdrop, Bar candidates make last election appeals

The Bar said that Tuesday will see 77,201 lawyers go to one of 171 polling stations across 67 towns in Israel and submit up to four different colored ballots.

 Supreme Court President Ester Hayut speaks at an Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, last week.

Nave and Zionist Legal list sign Bar National Council election agreement

Efi Nave and the Zionist Legal Initiative signed an agreement to join and divide votes between them in the Bar Association's upcoming election.

Israeli Attorney Effi Naveh, chairman of the Israel Bar Association's attends a Constitution, Law, and Justice, Committee meeting in the Israeli parliament on January 16, 2018

Interim Israeli Bar head says gov't trying to take over with election

Top members of the Israel Bar Association vie ahead of elections, debating over the Israeli government's proposed judicial reform.

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

The real reform Israel needs is in the Bar Association - Efi Nave

"This is the reform that needs to be done," said Nave, as ongoing judicial reform negotiations and debates continued in the country.

 Senior attorney Effi Nave and his partner Bar Katz arrive for a court hearing at the Court in Rishon Lezion, on November 8, 2022

Political factions clash inside Israel Bar Association over judicial reform

The Bar's acting chairman was told not to engage in politics otherwise he would be ousted.

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

Efi Nave secures reversal of disqualification in Bar election

MQG stated that "Efi Nave should be disqualified mainly for being a criminal and not for procedural matters."

Israeli Attorney Effi Naveh, chairman of the Israel Bar Association's attends a Constitution, Law, and Justice, Committee meeting in the Israeli parliament on January 16, 2018