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Judicial Selection Committee

People protest against the planned judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on June 24, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
25th week of rallies: Protesters warn of escalation if coalition moves unilaterally
By ToI Staff
As some 100,000 demonstrate in Tel Aviv and thousands protest elsewhere, leaders maintain dark forces continue to threaten Israel’s democracy
Newly elected head of the Israeli Bar Association Amit Becher at a press conference for the announcement of the election results for the Israeli Bar Association in Tel Aviv, June 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Winning bar contest, Becher spoils coalition hope of controlling judge picks, for now
By Jeremy Sharon
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in the center of Tel Aviv, December 25, 2018. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)
Shekel seesaws amid Knesset’s judicial selection drama
By Sharon Wrobel
People protest against the planned judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on June 24, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 24, 2023, 11:13 pm
25th week of rallies: Protesters warn of escalation if coalition moves unilaterally
As some 100,000 demonstrate in Tel Aviv and thousands protest elsewhere, leaders maintain dark forces continue to threaten Israel’s democracy
By ToI Staff
Newly elected head of the Israeli Bar Association Amit Becher at a press conference for the announcement of the election results for the Israeli Bar Association in Tel Aviv, June 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 21, 2023, 10:40 pm
Winning bar contest, Becher spoils coalition hope of controlling judge picks, for now
Victorious new Israel Bar Association chair says his election will go down as ‘an important chapter in the history of Israeli democracy’
By Jeremy Sharon
Interim head of the Israel Bar Association Amit Becher (left) and former Israel Bar Association head Efi Nave (right). Becher and Nave are the leading candidates in the elections for IBA chairman set for June 20, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 4:59 pm
Character of the judiciary at stake in Tuesday’s Israel Bar Association elections
Support within the IBA’s National Council could give Justice Minister Levin enough power to remake the judiciary without the need for legislation. How likely is that to happen?
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 6:43 am
PM said to tell ministers current bill for coalition to control judicial panel is dead
Netanyahu reportedly informs coalition heads Levin-Rothman legislation to restructure Judicial Selection Committee won’t be enacted, other parts of package will be advanced instead
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: MK Tally Gotliv attends a conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 28, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 5:31 am
‘Don’t assume everyone is stupid’: Likud MK blasts Netanyahu’s handling of overhaul
Tally Gotliv lashes out at PM and party leader after report reveals that he blames her for preventing his plan to restructure the Judicial Selection Committee
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/POOL)
June 18, 2023, 12:36 pm
Netanyahu vows to move ahead with parts of judicial overhaul ‘this week’
Addressing cabinet meeting, prime minister accuses Lapid and Gantz of ‘playing a game’ and seeking to ‘waste time’ by freezing negotiations
By Amy Spiro
Israelis attend a protest against the government's judicial overhaul plans, in Tel Aviv, on June 17, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 17, 2023, 10:16 pm
With fate of judicial panel in the balance, masses rally nationwide against overhaul
Ahead of politically charged election this week for new Israel Bar Association head, interim chief warns protesters of attempt to ‘destroy independence of the judicial system’
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 17, 2023, 1:09 pm
Liberman: Judicial panel vote ‘one big show’ that Netanyahu staged with Lapid, Gantz
Yisrael Beytenu head again claims his fellow opposition chiefs have cut deal with PM and Aryeh Deri that would return the latter to cabinet after court ruled he can’t be a minister
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 16, 2023, 9:31 pm
Growing calls in Likud to resume overhaul push; Levin: ‘I’m more determined than ever’
Netanyahu said making efforts to resume negotiations with opposition, as one ally warns that if reforms wither, ministers could quit en masse
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Tally Gotliv speaks at a conference in Airport City on March 20, 2023. (Flash90)
June 16, 2023, 7:33 pm
Renegade Likud MK says she’ll petition High Court over sanctions against her
Judicial overhaul backer Tally Gotliv blasts ‘unreasonable’ decision by coalition leadership, invoking an argument that she’s trying to prevent the court from using in future cases
By ToI Staff
MK Tally Gotliv seen outside the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 15, 2023, 9:45 pm
Likud’s Gotliv sanctioned, booted from committees after causing Knesset chaos
Coalition imposes punitive measures against MK, who earlier asserted she would not be punished for refusing to remove her candidacy for Judicial Selection Committee; she’ll appeal
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes to nominate lawmakers to sit on the Judicial Selection Committee, June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 15, 2023, 9:44 pm
For Netanyahu, yesterday’s embarrassment could become tomorrow’s win
Wednesday’s tumult in the Knesset has politicians accusing the PM of losing control, but it might have set the stage for him to solve his overhaul quandary
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote on the judicial selection panel, June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 15, 2023, 5:13 pm
Netanyahu finds he’s lost control of the populist tiger he rode to power
In judicial appointments vote, the prime minister’s will was stymied not by far-right extremists or opposition foes, but by his own most loyal foot soldiers
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at Reichman University in Herzliya on June 15, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 15, 2023, 2:29 pm
Lapid touts cross-camp ‘alliance’ after opposition MK wins seat on judicial panel
Yesh Atid leader says the 4 or more coalition members who mutinied to help elect his party’s Karine Elharrar are unwilling to be part of plan to ‘destroy Israeli society’
By Michael Bachner
Likud MK Tally Gotliv peeks from behind a curtain as she casts her vote for candidates to the Judicial Selections Committee, at the Knesset on June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 15, 2023, 3:52 am
Coalition members accuse Likud ‘traitors’ after opposition wins judicial panel seat
Internal rift erupts as overhaul stalwarts rage against Netanyahu, accusing him of instructing MKs to vote for Yesh Atid’s Karine Elharrar on Judicial Selection Committee
By ToI Staff
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