Israeli Judiciary Appoints Around 70 New Judges After 18-Month Freeze

After an 18-month stalemate, the Israeli Judicial Selection Committee, chaired by Minister Yariv Levin, convened and appointed approximately 70 new judges across various courts. Among the notable promotions is Judge Menachem Mizrahi, president of the Magistrate's Court in Rishon LeZion, who was elevated to the District Court. Other judges appointed to the District Court include Efrat Or-Elias, Sheli Eisenberg, Amit Yariv, Nir Mishori Lev-Tov, and Michal Kaplan Rokman.

Appointments to the Magistrate Courts in the Northern and Haifa districts include lawyers Ortal Bela, Said Galia, Anan Ganem, and several senior registrars such as Salem Jdaon and Michal Zinger. The Haifa Family Court saw appointments of lawyers Mirit Chabia Dagan and Sharon Hakim, alongside senior registrars Michal Farber and Esti Shachal. Additional family court appointments were made in the Central, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Jerusalem, and Southern districts.

The Juvenile Court received new judges including lawyers Orit Bar Levi, Jumana Damoni Khoury, and others. Traffic courts in the Northern, Haifa, Central, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and Southern districts also saw multiple new appointments, including military judge Zvi Heilbron.

Furthermore, the Minister of Justice appointed several judges as acting judges, including Yaniv Boker, Dov Gottlieb, Mira Dahan, and others. This significant judicial renewal aims to resolve the backlog and operational paralysis caused by the prolonged appointment freeze.