Justice Minister Gideon Saar published about three months ago the list of final candidates for the Supreme Court, which includes 24 names from which the Judicial Selection Committee will select only four candidates. But after disagreements in the committee for the selection of judges, disagreements that led to the postponement of the convening of the committee, Saar announced today (Tuesday) that the list will be reopened.
After the delays, Saar decided to temporarily appoint Shaul Shochat, vice president of the Tel Aviv District Court. Judge Shochat, who is considered one of the country’s greatest experts in family law, was executed with the consent of Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and will be valid for six months. The appointment may be extended for up to one year and is made in accordance with the authority of the Minister under section 10 of the Courts Act.
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After Shochat’s appointment, Saar said: “I will continue to make efforts to reach the required agreements in the Judicial Selection Committee regarding permanent appointments in the Supreme Court, which will also reflect the required diversity in the country’s Supreme Court,” efforts that have so far borne fruit.
Last night (Monday), in a tweet he posted on his Twitter account, Likud chairman Netanyahu referred to former party member Gideon Saar, who retired and founded the New Tikva party, and used a particularly creative way to express his feelings. “Bennett and Gideon The mouth “, so he wrote and used the number 0 and not the letter S.
(Netanyahu in the plenum against Saar’s Facebook law).