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High Court orders Levin to explain refusal to convene Judicial Selection Committee
Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
The High Court of Justice issues an interim injunction against Justice Minister Yariv Levin demanding he explain why he has not convened the Judicial Selection Committee.
The decision comes ahead of a critical hearing in the High Court scheduled for Tuesday in which petitions requesting that the court order Levin to convene the committee will be heard.
Levin has said he is refusing to convene the committee, which appoints all judges in Israel, because he wants to change its composition in order to grant the government control of the panel, and by extension of the judiciary which the justice minister considers overly activist.
Today’s injunction indicates the court does not view his behavior favorably.
