Esther Hayut

Amit officially appointed Chief Justice, PM and Knesset speaker boycott

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana boycotted the event.

 Interim Supreme Court Chief Justice Isaac Amit’s was officially appointed permanent chief justice in a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem
Justice Minister Yariv Levin seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Yariv Levin requests delay of Supreme Court chief justice appointment over allegations

 Former Supreme court president Esther Hayut (C) at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024.

'Disastrous initiatives': Ex-Supreme Court chief Esther Hayut slams gov't calls for judicial reform

 MK Tally Gotliv arrives to a court hearing on petitions against the government's "Reasonableness Bill", at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 12, 2023.

Likud MK claims a High Court justice leaked judicial reform verdict


High Court invalidates law for repealing the reasonableness standard

The High Court judges ruled in an 8-7 vote to strike down the landmark judicial reform law, and also approved its own power to strike down basic laws as a general matter by a vote of 12-3.

 High Court of Justice President Esther Hayut and the other Supreme Court justices are seen at a hearing over petitions against the reasonableness standard law, in Jerusalem, on September 12, 2023.

Hayut’s retirement, still significant, overshadowed by war - analysis

Her retirement comes in the middle of the battle over judicial reform, a struggle that now – because of the war – will be on hold.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE President Esther Hayut hears a petition at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

Israel's High Court chief Esther Hayut retires, no replacement in sight

Until the Judicial Selection Committee selects a new chief, Justice Uzi Fogelman will serve as interim chief justice.

 ESTHER HAYUT

Israel's top justice to hold muted retirement event amid Yariv Levin spat

It was decided that the ceremony would be a muted affair, with no speakers from outside the judiciary - and not just Justice Minister Yariv Levin.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE President Esther Hayut hears a petition at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

Gatekeepers of democracy: The 3 women who are the Israeli gov't's biggest enemies

INSIDE POLITICS: By chance (or not), the government’s three biggest enemies, the gatekeepers of democracy and public services, happen to be women.

 ESTHER HAYUT

High Court sets date for hearing on Judicial Selection Committee

By the end of the year, Israel could be facing a shortage of more than 50 judges, putting the judicial system in crisis.

Israel's High Court of Justice

50 Influential Jews: Esther Hayut and Gali Baharav-Miara - No. 6

For those opposing the Judicial reform, the Supreme Court President and the Attorney-General are the symbols of Israel’s liberal democratic order. Here is why.

 High Court of Justice President Esther Hayut and Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara.

Will the High Court strike down the reasonableness law? - analysis

The reasonableness law was an amendment to a basic law, which the court believes requires a high threshold for the court to nullify.

 MK Simcha Rothman seen at the High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

Who are the High Court justices shaping Israel's destiny?

Who are those 15 Supreme Court justices whose ruling will profoundly influence the nation’s course for years to come?

 The High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

Israel faces constitutional crisis in historic High Court hearing

High Court Justice Yitzhak Amit: Democracy dies in small steps • Full bench of 15 discusses amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary

 The High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

Israel's High Court rejects Rothman appeal to disqualify top justice

Rothman had appealed to the court on Monday as one of the respondents to the eight petitions against the judicial reform law.

 MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.