menu-control
The Jerusalem Post Logo - Bring them home now
accessibilty

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.

Read More
Less
 Israeli president Isaac Herzog speaks at a swearing in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's residence in Jerusalem, on April 18, 2024.

Appointment ceremony for 36 new judges emphasizes importance of consensus

 New regulations demand full transparency in urban renewal.

New regulations demand full transparency in urban renewal

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu released from hospital after hernia surgery

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, January 8, 2023

Netanyahu undergoes hernia surgery, Yariv Levin to act as interim PM

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

Yariv Levin opposes bill to end statute of limitations on child sex crimes

By AVICHAY CHAIM
 Israelis are seen demonstrating near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem ahead of a vote in the Knesset on judicial reform, on February 20, 2023.

Israel's judicial reform is happening without Netanyahu lifting a finger

A sign at a London pro-Palestinian march, December 9, 2023.

Why experts are concerned over Israeli bill banning October 7 denial

By AARON PORIS/THE MEDIA LINE
 Israeli foreign minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid walks next to Head of opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at the assembly hall for a special session in memory of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, on November 8, 2021.

Netanyahu to Lapid: Join Israeli war government, receive Justice Ministry

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

Petition to Levin: Supreme Court judges violating conflict of interest

By Avraham Bloch
 Prof. David Libai seen on June 10, 2012

Former Israeli justice minister David Libai passes away at 89

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin during a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on September 10, 2023.

Judicial Selection Committee to convene for first time this year

 Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv attends the Mida conference at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, on September 5, 2023.

Levin and the appointment of judges: It takes a war to put things in perspective - analysis

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

Justice Minister Levin to convene judicial selection panel within 15 days

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin presents the reasonableness clause to the Knesset in July.

Yariv Levin, interim High Court head appoint 14 new Israeli judges

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the opening of the Knesset’s winter session last week, as President Isaac Herzog sits alongside Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana.

Knesset votes for extensions on state services to lighten burden on system

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin presents the reasonableness clause to the Knesset in July.

Justice minister requests delay on response to High Court for judicial panel hearing

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

Knesset to pass bill to allow economic extensions for Israelis affected by war

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

Likud Ministers visit, endorse convicted criminal for local elections