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Yariv Levin

Yariv Levin is a senior Israeli lawmaker in the Likud Party and currently serves as the country's justice minister and deputy prime minister. He previously served as Knesset speaker, aliyah and integration minister, tourism minister, and public security minister.

A longtime member of the Likud, Levin's influence in Israeli politics skyrocketed in 2023 when he announced a wide-ranging overhaul of the country's judicial system. Created and spearheaded by both himself and MK Simcha Rothman, judicial reform was highly controversial and sparked massive nationwide protests for months on end, interrupted only by the October 7 massacre and Israel's subsequent war against Hamas.

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PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and first lady Michal Herzog, with bar and bat mitzvah youngsters who have lost a parent to terrorism.

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Justice Minister Yariv Levin holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on January 4, 2023.

Despite political challenges, Israel must remain united to bring hostages home

 Anti - overhaul activists protest against the judicial overhaul and and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the opening ceremony of the light rail, in Petah Tikva, August 17, 2023.

Learning to compromise: Israel’s domestic post-war challenge

Attonrey-general Gali Baharav-Miara and Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024

Coalition party leaders discuss resumption of judicial reforms

Justice Minister Yariv Levin seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Yariv Levin calls for return of judicial reforms: 'They left us with no choice'

 Former state attorney Moshe Lador.

Former state attorney calls for IDF service refusal, comes under fire

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in June.

Court orders Levin to hold vote for permanent chief justice by January 16

 Israel's President Isaac Herzog speaks during a swearing in ceremony for new chief rabbis at the President Residence in Jerusalem, November 4, 2024.

Herzog – ‘Worried’ about ‘dramatic’ wave of legislation altering democratic foundations

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

Movement for Quality Gov't files motion against Levin after committee discussion inconclusive

Attonrey-general Gali Baharav-Miara and Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024

Judicial selection committee will not elect chief justice this week, Levin says

 MK Simcha Rotman, Head of the Constitution Committee, at a committee vote on the judicial reform legislation at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 5, 2023.

Constitution Committee begins debates on bill associated with judicial reform

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

Yariv Levin calls for judicial reform, Gantz: Reforms led to October 7

The coalition advanced a bill to enable government control over television rating method (Illustrative).

Coalition advances bill to enable government control over television rating method

 JUSTICE UZI FOGELMAN, who served as deputy to former Supreme Court president Esther Hayut, is serving as acting president and is slated to retire in early October, the writer notes.

Levin to vet all 12 judges for Chief Justice, rejecting requests to drop out

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in June.

Revenge of the Minister: Levin announces all current High Court judges could be Court President

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a swearing in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's residence in Jerusalem earlier this year.

Time is running out for Levin to announce chief justice candidates

 JUSTICE UZI FOGELMAN, who served as deputy to former Supreme Court president Esther Hayut, is serving as acting president and is slated to retire in early October, the writer notes.

Is Justice Minister Levin violating the law?

By SUZIE NAVOT
 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in June.

Levin mulling legislation to overcome High Court ruling on Chief Justice appointment