From Netanyahu appoints Yariv Levin as justice minister to oversee controversial judicial reforms
Likud chief Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with MK Yariv Levin during Levin's election as Knesset speaker, December 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu appoints MK Yariv Levin as justice minister.
The appointment of Levin, a key Netanyahu confidant, to the post, was widely expected.
Levin will oversee some of the new government’s most controversial policies, with all parties in the coalition vowing to push ahead with judicial reforms that will see the Knesset reduce the oversite power of the courts and expand its control over judicial appointments.
Levin will also oversee the justice system during Netanyahu’s ongoing trial for corruption.
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