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Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a session of the Knesset plenum, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 4:27 pm
Petition filed against law that critics say politicizes police investigations agency
Opponents say new law giving justice minister control of Department for Internal Police Investigations will undermine its independence, give minister undue influence over police
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset plenum, (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 3:06 am
Knesset passes law giving justice minister control of internal police investigations
MKs vote 43-39 in favor of legislation, which the attorney general has said will remove the barrier between politicians and law enforcement and undermine department’s independence
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, February 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 17, 2026, 4:02 pm
Levin says judge selection panel to meet, but no Supreme Court picks until his nominees okayed
Doubling down on refusal to have judicial appointments ‘forced’ on him, justice minister says only district judges to be tapped, announces reform in family, traffic, juvenile courts
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu, pictured in the Knesset plenum, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
March 24, 2026, 3:17 pm
Minister reportedly backs Netanyahu pardon in position paper submitted to president
Amichay Eliyahu, acting on behalf of justice minister, said to argue pardon would allow nation’s rifts to heal; Herzog adviser to write own paper before president’s final decision
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin attend a special session of Knesset in honor of Argentinian President Javier Milei, June 11, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 10, 2026, 4:36 am
Levin to recuse himself from handling Netanyahu’s pardon request to prevent delays
Justice minister, whose closeness to PM could spark conflict of interest claims, delegates to Amichay Eliyahu; Pardons Department said to decide request should be rejected
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) speaks at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, January 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, September 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
March 9, 2026, 1:35 am
Citing conflict of interest concerns, Justice Ministry won’t hand Sde Teiman leak probe to AG
Ministry’s legal aide tells court that Gali Baharav-Miara’s subordinate, State Attorney Amit Aisman, is the ‘most senior official’ who can oversee case; petitioning group blasts move
By Charlie Summers
The Department of Internal Police Investigations in Jerusalem, July 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
January 13, 2026, 3:38 am
Knesset advances bill subordinating police internal affairs unit to justice minister
Levin says legislation guarantees equality before the law, current system under state attorney flawed; Likud MK says it will end prosecutors’ ‘distorted conflict of interest’
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, in a composite image. (Flash90)
August 17, 2025, 7:37 pm
Levin tells High Court the office he locked AG out of is his private space
Baharav-Miara counters that the office has been a shared space for at least a decade, argues justice minister’s driver suddenly changing the locks last week violated court order
By ToI Staff
A lock placed the garage of the building where Justice Minister Yariv Levin lives in Modiin on August 13, 2025 (X/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 14, 2025, 1:07 am
Protesters lock gate to Levin’s garage after he shut AG out of her office
Justice minister rails at ‘anarchists’ for chaining entrance to his apartment building’s parking area; Yesh Atid files petition to block Levin from hampering attorney general’s work
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Moshe Saada leads a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on May 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2025, 2:18 pm
Likud MK revives bill handing justice minister control over probes into cops, prosecutors
Sponsor Moshe Saada says bill aims to ‘watch the watchmen’; opposition lawmakers, legal professionals say legislation part of coalition efforts to politicize law enforcement bodies
By Charlie Summers
L: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); R: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)
April 29, 2025, 4:17 pm
AG reaches compromise with Ben Gvir on national security minister’s powers
Far-right leader agrees to curb his interference in police promotions and operational matters, in bid to fend off legal challenges to his tenure
By Charlie Summers
The Department of Internal Police Investigations in Jerusalem, July 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
April 14, 2025, 10:03 pm
New national security affair being probed; details barred from publication
Reports say affair will increase already bubbling tensions between political echelon and law enforcement agencies; separately, Shin Bet chief Bar said set to resign in coming weeks
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog attend a memorial ceremony for Ethiopians who died on their journey to Israel, Mount Herzl, on June 5, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
March 13, 2025, 7:59 pm
Herzog reportedly tried to influence, shorten proceedings in Netanyahu graft case
Newspaper says president repeatedly attempted to push AG to reach plea deal with PM, grant his requests to delay testimony; Herzog’s office, Justice Ministry decline to comment
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (L) at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Uzi Vogelman speaks at the Israel Bar Association's annual conference in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 24, 2024, 7:19 pm
10 Supreme Court justices seek to retract their imposed candidacies for president
Justice Minister Levin nominated all 12 judges without their consent in protest against court ordering him to appoint new president when he doesn’t want to
By Jeremy Sharon
Israel's Ashkenazi former chief rabbi David Lau, right, and Israel's Sephardi former chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attend an event at a ceremony in Jerusalem, June 30, 2023. (The Chief Rabbinate of Israel)
July 5, 2024, 9:17 pm
A fight over women’s representation leaves Israel’s Jews without chief rabbis
The Justice Ministry’s demand that the rabbinate consider women for a position traditionally reserved for rabbis is key to the delay in succession for the first time in over a century
By Canaan Lidor
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