Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revived controversial plans aimed at altering the judiciary's independence, with a new law passed to modify the Judicial Selection Committee. This legislation, which allows for greater political influence over Supreme Court appointments, has generated significant concern about the integrity of judicial independence in Israel. Notable changes come amid a power struggle involving key government figures, alongside a recent list of retirements from the Supreme Court, intensifying the urgency of judicial composition concerns.
This new law changes the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, making it easier for politicians to stack future appointments to the Supreme Court in their favour.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara described this as 'changing the judicial selection method to one in which political considerations receive precedence and decisive weight'.
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