Judicial Selection Committee
Judicial Selection Committee picks 26 more judges, registrars after extended freeze
This latest series of appointments follows Sunday's appointment of 68 judicial officials after around a year and a half of delay.
Judicial Selection Committee selects 68 officials for court system after year-and-a-half freeze
Levin tells High Court advancing permanent district court appointments not realistic pre-elections
High Court presses Levin to advance district court appointments by Tuesday
A-G: Levin’s partial plan to convene judge selection panel does not end High Court case
The filing, submitted on behalf of the legal advisory system and the Courts Administration, comes ahead of a hearing scheduled for Sunday on Levin’s refusal to convene the 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.
High Court blasts Levin: 'No judges, we are releasing murder suspects'
The High Court sharply criticized Justice Minister Levin for failing to convene the Judicial Selection Committee, warning that Israel’s judicial system is facing a crisis due to vacant positions.
Full Supreme Court to hear challenge to Judicial Selection Committee law
Israel’s Supreme Court escalates its review of the Judicial Selection overhaul, assigning the case to all 11 justices and delaying hearings to June.
Israel has opened 'gates of hell' on hostages with return to war, former Mossad chief says
"The gates of hell might have opened on the Gazans, but for sure they have opened on the 59 hostages, and there is no savior."
Ex-deputy chief justice: ICC, UN clapping over gov’t tearing down judicial independence
"We are a democracy, but with the situation now, we are doing an injustice to this term, this was a knife in the back of democracy.”
Knesset approves dramatic judicial selection committee bill
Yesh Atid and the Movement for Quality of Government subsequently submitted a petition against the bill to the High Court of Justice.
Emergency meeting of senior legal officials discuss Shin Bet head dismissal, A-G
“These moves, when they accumulate together, constitute a real danger to democracy and the security of Israel and to every citizen in the country," said Amit Bachar.
Controversial judicial watchdog bill passes, Lapid promises to repeal
Known colloquially as the “judicial watchdog,” the ombudsman is responsible for hearing complaints against all judges with statutory powers.
Why politicizing judicial appointments is dangerous for Israel - opinion
The framework eliminates the current supermajority requirement for appointing Supreme Court justices and replaces it with mutual veto power for the coalition and opposition.
