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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Judicial Selection Committee

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 26, 2025, 3:43 pm
AG: ‘Not a warning, but reality – under cover of war, regime change has sped up greatly’
Baharav-Miara declares at Bar Association confab that governance changes already felt, joining Supreme Court head Amit in highlighting erosion of judicial independence
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right), Justice Minister Yariv Levin (to his right) and other ministers in the Knesset plenum during a vote on a law to remake Israel's judicial appointments process, March 27, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 27, 2025, 12:11 pm
Knesset passes law greatly boosting political control over appointment of judges
Legislation changing composition of Judicial Selection Committee approved 67-1 after opposition lawmakers boycott final vote. ‘Collapse of the last brake on democracy,’ says Yesh Atid
By Sam Sokol
Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman, head of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, introduces the law to remake Israel's Judicial Selection Committee, in the Knesset on March 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 26, 2025, 6:36 am
Knesset holds final votes on bill to take political control of appointing judges
Voting expected to continue until early Thursday morning due to objections to legislation, at heart of coalition’s judicial overhaul, that increasingly politicizes process of choosing justices
By Jeremy Sharon
Democrats MK Gilad Kariv is ejected from the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee following a vote on a highly controversial law changing Israel's judicial appointments process, March 19, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
March 19, 2025, 4:32 pm
Bill to increase political control over judicial appointments approved by Knesset panel
Opposition chief Lapid urges mass protests against key judicial overhaul bill, that could become law next week, to limit judiciary’s influence over picks
By Jeremy Sharon
Labor MK Gilad Kariv speaks during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2025, 11:28 am
MK Kariv: Overhaul bill will leave judges ‘eternally fearful’ of their political bosses
Democrats’ Gilad Kariv warns legislation changing the judicial appointments process, which the coalition aims to quickly push through, will ‘totally politicize the justice system’
By Jeremy Sharon
Former minister Yizhar Shai, right, and IDF Brig. Gen. (Res) Dedi Simchi attend a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, on January 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2025, 12:53 pm
Mediator withdraws support for Judicial Selection Committee legislation
Former minister Izhar Shay, who worked to bridge gaps on government’s judicial overhaul plan, urges leaders to focus on unity; calls for end to attacks on attorney general
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 3, 2025, 9:40 am
Attorney general knocks Levin-Sa’ar plan as politicizing judge selection, harming democracy
Gali Baharav-Miara warns proposal will turn court appointments into ‘another political arena’; Sa’ar accuses her of ‘fundamental errors’ in trying to torpedo his ‘popular’ bill
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Opposition MK Karin Elharrar arrives to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 17, 2025, 2:42 pm
Opposition MK Elharrar says judicial system needs professionals, not politicians
Opposition’s representative on the Judicial Selection Committee accuses Justice Minister Yariv Levin of seeking ‘authority without responsibility’
By Sam Sokol
L: Isaac Amit at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, February 6. 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); R: Alex Stein at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, December 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 9, 2025, 6:16 pm
High Court rejects petition to revoke Isaac Amit’s appointment as court president
Right-wing groups alleged that Judicial Selection Committee hadn’t sufficiently considered conflict of interest allegations against Amit, whom justice minister has vowed to boycott
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) attends a plenum session in the Knesset on November 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldbergl/Flash90); Acting Supreme Court President Justice Isaac Amit at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 14, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 27, 2025, 2:07 am
Isaac Amit finally elected Supreme Court president; Levin pledges to boycott him
Vote forced by top court ends 16 months in which it lacked a permanent head; justice minister calls process ‘illegitimate to its core,’ petitioners declare ‘victory for democracy’
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a hearing of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, January 21, 2025. Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2025, 3:14 am
Levin requests fresh extension to pick Supreme Court chief, citing claims against Amit
Ahead of Sunday deadline to appoint top court’s president, justice minister asserts he can’t convene committee to hold vote as this would ‘contravene his conscience’
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attend a hearing of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, January 21, 2025. Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 22, 2025, 2:15 am
Sa’ar: Judicial proposal designed to overcome veto on Levin’s hardline Supreme Court picks
Knesset panel debates overhaul legislation for first time since Oct. 7 attack; Levin asserts plan will diversify court, opposition says it will compromise its independence
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon and cabinet ministers pose for a picture during a special government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2025, 8:08 pm
With Otzma Yehudit out of government, Netanyahu set to appoint replacement ministers
Three ministerial positions, two committee chairmanships open up after Ben Gvir pulls far-right party out of coalition; Dichter being considered for new national security minister
By Sam Sokol
High Court Justice Yael Wilner presides over a hearing on a petition requesting the court order Justice Minister Yariv Levin call a vote in the Judicial Selection Committee to appoint a new Supreme Court president, July 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 16, 2025, 10:16 pm
Scolding Levin, High Court allows him 10 more days to appoint new top justice
Court says ‘severe harm’ caused by justice minister’s ongoing delays to election of new president, but gives him an extension to assess claims of misconduct against Justice Amit
By Jeremy Sharon
Leader of the National Unity Party MK Benny Gantz leads a faction meeting of the party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
January 11, 2025, 10:29 pm
Gantz criticizes Levin-Sa’ar new judicial overhaul proposal, but offers to negotiate
National Unity head says talks can be held if justice minister stops blocking appointment of Supreme Court president, efforts to fire AG are halted, ministers obey court rulings
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
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