Rogue Justice: The Rise of Judicial Supremacy in Israel

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · Apr 15, 2026 · 8m

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When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 2023, it brought to a sudden and calamitous end a national crisis that had threatened to split the country. Ever since Yariv Levin, the Minister of Justice, had introduced his plan for Judicial Reform in January 2023 (after Benjamin Netanyahu had explicitly said—in his campaign a few months earlier—that such reform was not on the agenda), Israel had been bitterly split. Enormous protests rocked the country week after week. Reservists threatened not to serve. There…