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Mar 24, 2025, 3:41 PM

The government vs. the rule of law

A common thread runs through the push to fire the Shin Bet head and Attorney General and revise the Judicial Selection Committee

Jan 13, 2025, 4:37 PM

The politicization revolution in judicial selection

Illustrative: Acting president of the Supreme Court Uzi Vogelman and Supreme court Justices arrive to a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on petitions against Minister Ben Gvir's police regulations bill, on June 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The Sa'ar-Levin proposal would inevitably lead to appointing judges based on their political loyalties rather than professional merit

Jul 19, 2023, 12:42 PM

Under Levin, justice is delayed, and delayed, and delayed

Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a constitution committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The public is being held hostage by a minister who is shirking his legal duty to convene the Judicial Selection Committee

Feb 20, 2023, 4:31 PM

We already know the future of Israel’s courts. It’s not good.

Illustrative: Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef meets with newly appointed Supreme Rabbinical Court judges in Jerusalem, July 13, 2016. (Yaacov Cohen/ Flash90/ File)

Rabbinical courts, where appointments are based on political loyalty, offer a cautionary model of a judicial nightmare

Jan 9, 2022, 6:08 PM

Trust is on the wane

Yet Israelis still believe that the courts function is to protect democracy

Oct 6, 2021, 2:53 PM

One Arab justice isn’t enough

Illustrative. Supreme Court justices arrive for a court hearing, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on February 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

The bench is supposed to reflect the diversity that is Israeli society, and a token Arab seat can't accomplish that

Jan 12, 2021, 3:59 PM

Task number one for the incoming Israel Police commissioner

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana and acting Israeli Police Commisioner Kobi Shabtai visit a temporary roadblock on Highway 1 outside Jerusalem, January 8, 2021, during a 3rd nationawide full lockdown, in an effort to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The public has given your organization a failing grade for fairness and transparency. Do citizens believe this can change? Not so much

Feb 19, 2019, 2:12 PM

We need a Government Code of Ethics now

As the AG prepares to indict PM Netanyahu, such a code would stem the expected increase in attacks on law enforcement

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About Me

Dr. Guy Lurie is a researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute.