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


Knesset law committee discusses altered reasonableness bill

The new version of the bill restricts the use of reasonableness standard by courts against the administrative decisions of the prime minister and other ministers.

 MK Simcha Rothman is seen leeding a Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee meeting in Jerusalem, on July 10, 2023.

Kreuzer elected as coalition representative on Judicial Selection Committee

Justice Minister Yariv Levin set to face growing pressure to convene the Judicial Selection Committee.

A vote for representatives for the judicial selection committee at the plenum of the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 12, 2023.

Bloodshed at protests will be Netanyahu's responsibility, Gantz charges

"When people bleed in the streets, the responsibility will first and foremost be his," Gantz charged.

 Benny Gantz speaks at a press conference on Thursday July 6, 2023.

Bill to replace Bar Association passes preliminary Knesset vote

Levin says no convening of Judicial Selection Committee without composition change.

 K SIMCHA ROTHMAN with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset on Wednesday.

Four MKs apply to vacant Judicial Selection Committee spot as repeat vote nears

The opposition does not intend to appoint one of its members to the committee, but put forward two candidates in order to prevent an attempt by the coalition to delay the vote once again.

 The Law Committee votes on changes to the Judicial Selection Committee.

Rothman: I hope we will vote on reasonableness bill this week

The new bill, the first reform legislation since the freeze in late March, would prevent judicial review of the administrative decisions of elected officials.

Simcha Rothman, chair of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee speaks on Sunday morning June 25, 2023.

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How Netanyahu dropping override clause changes Israel's judicial reform - analysis

The dropping of the override clause is an interesting development but is not a game changer for the anti-reform experts, NGOs and politicians.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2023.

Israel set to resume judicial reform legislation on Sunday

Opposition MKs and protest groups said they would ramp up opposition in order to delay the bill.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu looks toward MK Simcha Rothman as they confer with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset last week. Levin and Rothman have been emphasizing the larger public welfare, says the writer

Why have Israel's judicial reform talks broken down – and what’s next?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Optimistic yet cautious, Yesh Atid adviser Na’ama Schultz says real progress was made on the understanding that the country ‘needed a long-term solution.’

 HEBREW UNIVERSITY students in Jerusalem’s Givat Ram neighborhood protest the proposed judicial reform, in March.