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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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 Israeli president Isaac Herzog attends the President's Award for volunteering at the president's residence in Jerusalem, June 14, 2023.

Both sides must consider Herzog's judicial reform proposal - editorial

 SUPREME COURT justices take their seats for a High Court hearing.

Judicial Selection Committee hearing postponed until September 19

 President Herzog addresses a joint meeting of Congress on July 19.

Netanyahu, Levin deny reports that judicial reform compromise on way

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara (right)

Judicial Selection Committee High Court hearing postponed

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

Yariv Levin rejects A-G representation at pivotal High Court hearing

 ONLY JUDGES who are in line with the political agenda of the Supreme Court are chosen to be judges and move up the ladder, argues one democracy researcher.

Who judges Israel? How judges are selected has become a flashpoint

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

A-G to Justice Minister Yariv Levin: Threats of firing won't deter me

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

Levin: A-G 'trampling right of representation' at judge selection hearing

Personal data source code (Illustrative)

Government establishes committee to probe Israel Police spyware

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin are seen in a goveernment cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, April 2, 2023

Israel's High Court rejects request to delay judicial reform hearing

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin

A-G allows Yariv Levin request for separate legal representation

 Shikma Bressler demonstrating at the 30th week of protests on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv on July 29.

Kaplan protesters vow to keep fighting judicial reform

By LINDA GRADSTEIN
 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the voting in the Knesset plenum on Monday.

After Netanyahu’s remarks, what’s left of the judicial reform? - analysis

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2023.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin wants a civil war, senior Likud official says

Women prepare traditional flat bread in the Beduin village of Umm al-Hiran, northeast of Beersheba.

Israel to deny additional land grants to polygamous Bedouin families