Supreme Court President Warns Judicial Selection Change Could Politicize Judges
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit warned at a hearing that changing the judge-selection committee could politicize the judiciary over time. He said the reform could alter Israel’s courts within 15 years and harm judicial independence.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Amit spoke at a hearing on petitions against the judge-selection committee amendment.
- He said the change should not be assessed over only two or three years.
- He warned that politically chosen judges could reshape the Supreme Court within 15 years.
- Amit questioned whether the reform would damage judicial independence.
- He said every judge could receive a political 'chip' whether wanted or not.
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit said during a hearing on petitions against the amendment to the Basic Law that changes the composition of the committee that selects judges, one of the central moves in the judicial overhaul, that the issue should not be viewed on a two- or three-year horizon. He argued that the change could gradually reshape the judiciary through political influence.
Amit said that every year judges would be appointed by a political body alone, and that this would fill the benches of the Supreme Court over time. He warned that within 15 years, Israel’s judicial system could be completely transformed.
He framed the concern as a question about judicial independence, saying, “In the body of every judge a political chip will be implanted, whether he wants it or not. Does this not harm the independence of the judicial system? That is the question.” The hearing focused on petitions challenging the amendment to the Basic Law on the judge-selection committee.
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