Esther Hayut

Levin demands cancellation of Supreme Court conference, warns of further steps

In a sharply worded letter sent to Courts Administration Director Judge Tzachi Uziel, Levin called for the cancellation of a study day titled “Education for Democracy,” scheduled for January 25.

Minister of Justice Yariv Levin attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 19, 2025.
 Interim Supreme Court Chief Justice Isaac Amit’s was officially appointed permanent chief justice in a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem

Amit officially appointed Chief Justice, PM and Knesset speaker boycott

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

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

 Former Supreme court president Esther Hayut (C) at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024.

'Disastrous initiatives': Ex-Supreme Court chief Esther Hayut slams gov't calls for judicial reform


High Court unlikely to strike down law protecting Netanyahu - analysis

The problems with the incapacitating law are nothing personal.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin are seen in a goveernment cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, April 2, 2023

High Court to discuss Netanyahu's Incapacitation Law after A-G attack

High Court President Esther Hayut, Vice President Uzi Vogelman, and Justice Yitzhak Amit will preside over the hearing in which arguments will be made about the Basic Law: The Government amendment.

 SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut attends a conference in Haifa, in January. Would the Supreme Court nullify Knesset legislation as readily today as it did six months ago? It should be clear to all that it will not, says the writer.

Justices Sohlberg and Hayut issue rare comments on judicial reform

The reasonableness bill would limit the the ability of the courts to strike down government administrative decisions deemed extremely unreasonable.

Supreme Court Justice Esther Hayut sits with Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg during a court hearing.

Do ultra-Orthodox sages want civil war?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The anti-judicial assault's most quiet actor is also its most vulnerable part.

 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest against the arrest of an ultra orthodox man, in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023.

Rothman says he's willing to debate judicial reform with opposition

Rothman said that the president's proposal was not too far away from his own, but said that with goodwill the sides would be able to come to an agreement.

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

14 Days: IDF chief

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 Herzi Halevi becomes the new IDF chief of staff.

Israel's justice minister, chief justice need to talk judicial reforms - opinion

If I could, I would ask Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Supreme Court President Esther Hayut to sit together in the same room and talk.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Supreme Court President Esther Hayut attend a ceremony in Jerusalem, in 2019.

Judicial reform is a 'pogrom' – former attorney-general Yehuda Weinstein

Levin met with High Court of Justice President Esther Hayut on Tuesday to discuss his proposals for reform of the country's judicial branch.

Yehuda Weinstein seen during a ceremony for a new Justice minister, held at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem on May 17, 2015

Israel Elections: High Court to rule on fate of Arab Knesset faction

The High Court for years has routinely rejected these kinds of petitions as presenting some disturbing evidence against the party.

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

Israel hosts int’l judges conf. committed to judicial independence

The 64th conference of the International Association of Judges kicked off in Tel Aviv, the largest global gathering of foreign officials in Israel since former prime minister Rabin's funeral.

AERIAL VIEW of Supreme Court in Jerusalem