Judicial Selection Committee fails to agree on any new district court judge appointments

The Judicial Selection Committee announces that despite convening to discuss appointments to the Tel Aviv-Jaffa and Central District Courts, no judges were appointed to those benches.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin, who chairs the committee, insists that judicial appointments be unanimously agreed upon and therefore refuses to bring to a vote candidates supported by at least five other members of the committee but opposed by himself and the two other coalition representatives on the nine-member committee.

Levin and his coalition allies have held up appointments to the Haifa and Jerusalem District Courts for the same reason in previous committee meetings.

There are currently nine open spots on the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court and eight open spots on the Central District Court.

The committee does, however, agree to promote eight judges on traffic courts around the country to serve as magistrate’s court judges, including in the Jerusalem, Beeersheba, Petah Tikva, Bat Yam and Ashdod Magistrate’s Courts.