Simcha Rothman

Knesset approves first reading of bill to make Police Investigation Department independent

The Knesset has approved a bill to make the Police Investigation Department independent from the State Prosecutor's Office, ensuring unbiased investigations.

|ByJAMES GENN
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) speaks with MK Simcha Rothman (L) at the Knesset, November 26, 2025; illustrative.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2026.

Coalition advances bill repealing fraud, breach of trust offenses amid Netanyahu trial

Netanyahu was indicted in 2020 on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three cases known as Cases 1000, 2000, and 4000.

|ByKESHET NEEV, SARAH BEN-NUN
Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.

Baharav-Miara: Proposals to split A-G role would damage rule of law and democracy

A-G Gali Baharav-Miara warns that splitting her office would turn legal authorities into "private lawyers" and "harm the foundations of the regime, the rule of law, and human rights."

|BySARAH BEN-NUN, KESHET NEEV
Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned as IDF Military Advocate General on October 31, pictured on September 18, 2025 in Jerusalem.

Israeli opposition voices support for IDF attorney's departure after right wing push

Leaders across Israel’s political spectrum, from Lapid and Gantz to Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, responded to IDF legal chief Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi’s resignation.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Judicial selection bill nears Knesset readiness despite Gallant opposition

In continuation of legislative blitz, Hametz Law is expected to pass overnight, and Deri Law 2 is being prepared for second and third readings.

MARCH 26, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR, ELIAV BREUER
Opposition members were kicked out of the Law Committee for causing disruptions to the proceedings.

Simcha Rothman evacuated by police after protesters surround house

Israeli protesters at the scene chanted while addressing Simcha Rothman, who was staying in a house temporarily: “Coward, go home!”

MARCH 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis block the Ayalon highway and clash with Police in Tel Aviv during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul on March 23, 2023.

Israel's judicial reform is in trouble - analysis

The attempt to exude calm, and the finance minister's apologetic, sincere demeanor, indicated that behind the scenes, all is not well.

MARCH 22, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds last Sunday’s cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, as Justice Minister Yariv Levin looks on.

Law Committee votes on judicial selection bill reservations

After receiving thousands of reservations to the bill on Tuesday night Rothman decided to focus on grouped arguments and to vote at the end of the process.

MARCH 22, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution Committee leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2023.

Coalition calls for calm in wake of final judge selection bill debate

"This is a testing time for all Israeli citizens, right and left," said Smotrich. "We must rise above politics, above suspicion and apprehension."

MARCH 21, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR, ELIAV BREUER
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin hug in the Knesset, as the coalition celebrates the passage of legislation, in a first reading, on judicial reform, early Tuesday morning.

Netanyahu's Likud faction votes to approve 'softening' of judicial reform

According to the new proposal, the Judicial Appointments Committee will include 11 members instead of the current nine, while six out of the eleven will come from coalition parties.

MARCH 20, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023

New Rothman proposal does not solve 'essential legal difficulties,' deputy A-G says

The changes proposed by Rothman to the bill were met with criticism from both coalition and opposition MKS.

MARCH 20, 2023ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

Coalition leaders meet to discuss ‘softening’ of judicial reform

Rothman introduces drastic Judicial Selection Committee changes.

MARCH 19, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR, ELIAV BREUER
MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution Committee, at a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 19, 2023.

Judicial reform legislation to resume Sunday after gov't rejects Herzog outline

The coalition deemed the president's proposal "one-sided, biased and unacceptable" soon after it was presented on Wednesday night.

MARCH 18, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Thousands of Israeli protesters rally against Israeli Goverment's judicial overhaul bills in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on March 18, 2023. Protesters confronted with Police and blocked Ayalon highway.

President's proposal may still bear fruit - analysis

The power struggle between the Likud's pro-compromise camp and the hardliners who are toeing Levin's line may decide the fate of the judicial reforms.

MARCH 16, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chat at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem after the president handed Netanyahu a mandate to form a new government, in November.