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Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) and retired judge Josef Ben-Hamo (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90; Courts Authority)
November 19, 2025, 4:56 am
Levin appoints retired judge to oversee Sde Teiman leak investigation
After his first pick invalidated, justice minister taps Yosef Ben-Hamo to ‘inspect’ probe into leak of surveillance video showing alleged abuse of Palestinian security prisoner
By Jeremy Sharon
Attorney Roi Kahlon (Shelly Padan)
January 5, 2025, 3:23 pm
Netanyahu appoints Roi Kahlon acting civil service commissioner in defiance of AG
Prime Minister’s Office praises new commissioner’s ‘extensive experience in senior management,’ dismisses claims he is unqualified for the position
By Sam Sokol
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a farewell ceremony in honor of outgoing Police Chief Kobi Shabtai (not in picture), at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 6, 2024, 6:58 pm
AG to court: Move allowing Netanyahu to select civil service commissioner is illegal
Baharav-Miara says last month’s decision lets government pick candidate without ‘minimum professional threshold conditions of experience, skills or suitability’
By ToI Staff
Daniel Hershkowitz, the head of the Civil Service Commission, attends a ceremony of turning the Ziv Medical Center in Safed into a Super Center, December 21, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
June 30, 2024, 8:40 pm
Ministers pile on deputy AG over demand for panel to tap civil service chief
Amsalem reportedly calls Gil Limon the ‘most dangerous man in the country,’ after AG tells government to follow 2018 decision and form committee to fill key role
By Michael Horovitz
(L) MK David Amsalem in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022; and (R) Michal Rosenbaum. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90; Finance Ministry)
August 7, 2023, 9:37 am
Amsalem accused of illegitimate demands as he moves to fire government firms’ head
Minister asks for dismissal of Michal Rosenbaum, claiming she’s unsuitable for the job; Government Companies Authority director says she will not be cowed by threats
By ToI Staff
Students at Tel Aviv University on the first day of the academic year, October 10, 2021. (Flash90, via JTA)
July 17, 2023, 11:38 pm
Universities bristle at demand to use only masculine form in official documents
Tel Aviv University says it will ‘uphold its practice of publishing tenders that address men and women equally’; Bezalel art school to use only feminine form for a month
By ToI Staff
People wait in line to receive a coronavirus vaccine at a Clalit vaccination center in Jerusalem on January 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 18, 2021, 3:19 pm
Unvaccinated public servants can be fired if they refuse virus tests — report
Under new Civil Service rules, ministry directors can reportedly decide whether Green Pass or negative test are mandatory, can take action against those who refuse
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attends a State Control committee meeting in the Knesset, December 3, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 14, 2020, 11:32 pm
Mandelblit to civil service chief: Convene panel to select new state attorney
Civil service commissioner claims selection panel can’t be formed, citing potential conflicts of interest; justice minister decries ‘paralysis’
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Amir Ohana (L) with his candidate for interim state attorney Orly Ginsberg Ben-Ari, December 17, 2019. (Justice Ministry)
December 17, 2019, 4:35 pm
AG says minister cannot legally promote junior official to acting state attorney
Move to name deputy Orly Ginsberg Ben-Ari as top prosecutor extremely unreasonable for transition government, Mandelblit argues, putting kibosh on posting
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Justice Minister Amir Ohana (L) with his candidate for interim state attorney Orly Ginsberg Ben-Ari, December 17, 2019. (Justice Ministry)
December 17, 2019, 12:15 pm
Spurning AG’s candidate, justice minister names interim state prosecutor
Setting up potential clash, Amir Ohana picks Central District deputy prosecutor Orly Ginsberg Ben-Ari as temporary replacement for Shai Nitzan, whose term ended Monday
By Raoul Wootliff
Civil Service Commissioner Daniel Hershkowitz attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, December 3, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
December 16, 2019, 11:28 pm
Civil service czar and justice minister clash over acting state attorney posting
After commissioner demands he be consulted about appointment, Amir Ohana retorts that he got all the say he will be getting on decision of who will replace Shai Nitzan
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Amir Ohana (L) with then-Justice Ministry director general Emi Palmor during a welcome ceremony for Ohana at the ministry in Jerusalem on June 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 5, 2019, 3:44 pm
New Justice Ministry director approved after abrupt firing of predecessor
Watchdog blasts ‘precarious and dangerous decision’ to allow Minister Ohana to appoint inexperienced associate after claiming not to find suitable candidate
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (c), Government Secretary Tzahi Braverman (R) and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (L) attend a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 24, 2019. (MENAHEM KAHANA / POOL / AFP)
June 24, 2019, 10:56 pm
Anonymous claim of anti-Netanyahu conspiracy delays prosecutor’s promotion
Liat Ben-Ari, the district attorney who leads the corruption probes against the PM, was slated to be promoted to deputy state attorney on Monday
By ToI Staff
Thousands rally at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square as part of a nationwide strike protesting the violence against women, December 4, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 4, 2018, 11:13 pm
At Tel Aviv rally, 30,000 protest rising violence against women
‘Tomorrow it could be any of us,’ daughter of murdered woman tells crowd, after day of action in response to killing of 24 women in 2018; PM to convene ministerial meeting on issue
By Naomi Lanzkron and ToI Staff
Women in Jerusalem's Safra Square protest violence against women, December 4, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 4, 2018, 1:41 pm
Demonstrators shut roads, airport as women strike to protest violence
Delays at Ben Gurion Airport, protests at intersections throughout country; city governments, groups join action in response to deaths of 24 women this year; one activist arrested
By ToI Staff
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