Judicial Selection Committee

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.

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.
 Tamir Pardo, Former Director of Mossad attends a rally against the decision of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bat Ronen Bar, at Habima Square, March 18, 2025.

Israel has opened 'gates of hell' on hostages with return to war, former Mossad chief says

 Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the ICC headquarters (illustrative).

Ex-deputy chief justice: ICC, UN clapping over gov’t tearing down judicial independence

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers in the Knesset plenum during the vote on the bill to amend the makeup of Israel's Judicial selection committee. March 27, 2025.

Knesset approves dramatic judicial selection committee bill


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.

What do we know about the 'compromise outline?' - analysis

The reasonableness standard law, which is set to be deliberated on before the High Court of Justice next Tuesday, would reportedly be softened through a return to legislation.

 MK SIMCHA ROTHMAN, head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and one of the architects of the government’s judicial reform legislation, attends a discussion and a vote on the reasonableness bill, in the Knesset last month.

Judicial Selection Committee High Court hearing postponed

The judiciary is set to suffer a shortage of 53 judges by the end of the year.

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara (right)

Yariv Levin rejects A-G representation at pivotal High Court hearing

The justice minister said that the attorney general’s legal position was in extreme contradiction to that of the government.

 (L-R) Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and Justice Minister Yariv Levin

Who judges Israel? How judges are selected has become a flashpoint

LEGAL AFFAIRS: The judicial selection committee and the future of democracy in Israel.

 ONLY JUDGES who are in line with the political agenda of the Supreme Court are chosen to be judges and move up the ladder, argues one democracy researcher.

Elron asks to become Supreme Court president instead of Amit

The Supreme Court president is appointed by the Judicial Selection Committee but is typically done by seniority.

 Supreme Court Justice Yosef Elron is seen arriving for a court hearing in Jerusalem, on May 22, 2023.