Yariv Levin

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.

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a Knesset committee meeting in Jerusalem. January 21, 2025.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset, March 23, 2026; illustrative.

Smotrich: 'Establishing settlements destroys idea of Palestinian state in our heartland'

POLICE CLASH with Israelis during a protest against the current Israeli government and the ongoing war with Iran, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, April 4, 2026.

Unlawful or unequal: The High Court's struggle to draw a legal line during wartime - editorial

Ziv Agmon, acting chief of staff and spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026.

Netanyahu spox. resigns following leaked racist comments calling Moroccan MKs 'baboons'


Levin, Attorney-General to go to High Court over who will probe ex-MAG

Justice Minister Levin says AG Gali Baharav-Miara has a conflict of interest in the probe of ex-MAG Tomer-Yerushalmi and has announced a plan to bypass her office.

JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin sits in the Knesset plenum. Last week, he was appointed acting Jerusalem and Jewish tradition minister and now holds five ministerial portfolios, the writer notes.

Police examine links between Histadrut corruption probe and senior Likud ministers – N12

Police were also looking into whether senior Histadrut officials planned to sell federation assets worth millions of shekels and skim proceeds through intermediaries, according to the report. 

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is flanked by fellow Likud members, Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, in the Knesset.

From Rabin to Tomer-Yerushalmi: Israel hasn’t learned from political violence - comment

The incitement against Tomer-Yerushalmi proves that in 30 years since Rabin's assassination, we have learned nothing.

A RALLY IN 2015 at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv marking 20 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

A-G to Levin: You have no authority to bar me from Sde Teiman investigations

Levin specified on Saturday night that the attorney-general is banned from engaging with the video itself, any alleged miscarriages of justice along the way.

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

Justice Minister Levin bars A-G Baharav Miara from dealing with Sde Teiman affair

This includes the investigation into the leaked video, alleged obstruction offenses, and interference with legal proceedings connected to the case.

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

Israel to establish special tribunal to prosecute Hamas Nukhba terrorists for Oct. 7 massacre - KAN

An oversight committee will also be formed to discuss the policy of the terrorist trials, but will be prohibited from discussing specific cases.

Terrorists from Hamas's Nukhba Force being held at Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

Israel's Knesset advances controversial bill to split role of attorney-general

This bill would split the attorney-general’s role into three separate positions: Legal adviser to the government, head of the state prosecution, and representative of the State of Israel in court.

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

'Absolves Netanyahu of justice': A-G slams 'illegal' bill to freeze PM's criminal trial

The Sunday bill proposal to allow the Knesset to interfere in criminal proceedings against a prime minister or any sitting minister is “a dangerous opening," the legal advisory wrote.

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara seen at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament, September 30, 2025

Israel's first Druze judge Fares Falah dead at 93

Falah was appointed to the judiciary in 1969 before later being appointed Deputy President of the Acre Magistrate Court.

Retired Druze judge Fares Falah.

High Court of Justice rejects gov't conditions to sit public-professional committee

With the new conditions, the government hoped to dismiss Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara.

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