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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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 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?

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 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

 Lapid at the Knesset, September 4, 2024.

Judicial appointments committee will convene with or without Levin, Lapid says

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

High Court orders Levin to begin process to appoint new chief justice

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin sits in the Knesset plenum in July.

Yariv Levin and his judicial reform have failed. Here's why

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit

Former AG Mandelblit cooperated with Effi Nave to win appointment, recordings show

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

Israel’s Supreme Court may face a constitutional crisis

 (L-R): Justice Minister Yariv Levin; High Court justice Uzi Fogelman at the High Court of Justice (illustrative)

Yariv Levin must let justice take its course

 Former Supreme Court chief justice Esther Hayut (C) with former Supreme Court judge George Karra (to her L) and Supreme Court justices at an outgoing ceremony held for Karra, 2022

Judicial reform is far from over, gov't is just using new methods

 Minister of Justice Yariv Levin attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 24, 2024.

High Court to Levin – convene judicial appointments committee

 (L-R): Justice Minister Yariv Levin; High Court justice Uzi Fogelman at the High Court of Justice (illustrative)

Israel's Yariv Levin proposes compromise to name new High Court chief

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum last month. In its decision, the High Court essentially dissolves the Knesset, irrespective of the individuals occupying its seats, the writer argues.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin: Time has come to return to judicial reforms