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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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 Tamar Uriel-Beeri is seen interviewing Prof. Shimon Shetreet on The Jerusalem Post Podcast.

Shimon Shetreet: Israeli gov't wants to change judiciary to give prime minister 'total power'

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Netanyahu: Ronen Bar responsible for 'unlawful' arrests of W. Bank settlers

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a Knesset committee meeting in Jerusalem. January 21, 2025.

Levin: No cooperation if Supreme Court overrules Shin Bet chief's dismissal

JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin addresses the Knesset plenum earlier this month. Social solidarity – in a time of war – is cracking more and more; the main responsibility for the situation lies with those in power, who are determined to relaunch the judicial reform, the writer asserts.

Reviving the judicial reform: Israeli leadership sows divisions and refuses to learn

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers in the Knesset plenum during the vote on the bill to amend the makeup of Israel's Judicial selection committee. March 27, 2025.

Knesset approves dramatic judicial selection committee bill

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) at the Supreme Court (illustrative)

Sa'ar's judicial compromise missing critical piece of agreement

 Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends the swearing in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the president residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025.

Israeli gov't votes no-confidence on motion against A-G Gali Baharav-Miara

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara sits next to Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a ceremony for retiring acting chief justice Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, in October.

Gov't to vote on Levin's motion of no confidence in A-G in coming weeks

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara attends the Knesset in Jerusalem. November 18, 2024.

Israeli universities vow to strike if Netanyahu's government fires A-G

 RUSLANA RODINA – the face of Scoops’ summer shoes.

Grapevine March 9, 2025: Ironic timing

 Israeli attorney-general Gali Baharav Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee leads a committee meeting in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on November 18, 2024.

Who is A-G Baharav-Miara, and why does gov’t want to fire her?

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

Levin’s accusations against A-G are a roadmap of gov't’s own failures

AVICHAI MANDELBLIT

Move to oust A-G 'threat to Israeli democracy,' former A-G Mandelblit says

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.

Sa'ar, Smotrich praise justice minister's decision to remove A-G from position

 (L-R) Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and Justice Minister Yariv Levin

Justice Minister Yariv Levin moves to oust A-G, sparking fierce backlash

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) at the Supreme Court (illustrative)

Levin-Sa’ar compromise politicizes judicial selection process, A-G says

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

Israel moves to ban prostitution to combat human trafficking and abuse in historic move

A court hearing on the government's drafting of yeshiva students for the IDF, at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024

Knesset bill increases government control over judicial ombudsman appointment