Ministry hopeful says judicial old guard should fear me

Yariv Levin, who is rumored to be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pick for justice minister, tells the Ynet news site that “anyone who believes that the legal system needs to continue to function as it does today certainly has reason to fear the appointment of a minister who wants to do things differently such as myself.”

Highlighting the court’s striking down of the Knesset’s migrant expulsion law in addition to disqualifying the candidacy of Otzma Yehudit chairman Michael Ben Ari while green-lighting the runs of Hadash-Ta’al candidate Ofer Kasif and the Ra’am-Balad slate, Levin charges that the status of Israeli courts today is worse than it was when Ayelet Shaked took over as justice minister four years ago.

“Anyone who believes, as I do, that the legal system requires profound reform on a long list of issues, I think my appointment would offer great hope for them.”