Yariv Levin
Yariv Gideon Levin is an Israeli lawyer and politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, Minister of Interior and Minister of Religious Services. He served as Speaker of the Knesset in December 2022, previously serving in that role from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as a member of Knesset for Likud, and previously held the posts of Minister of Internal Security, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Aliyah and Integration.
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Sep 30, 2026
Lean Left
Justice Minister Levin is the architect of the judicial overhaul legislation and is driving it through the Knesset.
Labor/Meretz see him as the chief executor of a coup against the judiciary, destroying the rule of law for coalition survival.
Sep 27, 2026
Far Left
Levin is leading the judicial overhaul as Justice Minister, clashing with the attorney general and legal establishment.
Hadash views Levin as the technical executor of a plan to dismantle judicial independence and entrench right-wing rule.
Sep 24, 2026
Center
As justice minister, he oversees the committee that disqualified Arab parties and the government's position on the October 7 inquiry commission.
Yesh Atid accuses Levin of systematically politicizing the judiciary and delaying a state commission of inquiry into October 7 until after the election to protect Netanyahu from accountability.
Sep 23, 2026
Lean Right
The Jerusalem Supreme Rabbinical Court appointed three judges from the Religious Zionist party, a move aligned with judicial overhaul efforts.
Levin is the architect of the judicial reform, and Likud base sees these appointments as correcting a longstanding left-wing dominance of the courts and religious institutions.
Sep 18, 2026
Center
As justice minister he is linked to the government's broader push to weaken the legal system, backdrop to the Mandelblit subpoena.
Yesh Atid views Levin as the architect of judicial overhaul attempts and a symbol of Netanyahu's assault on the rule of law.
Sep 15, 2026
Lean Left
Levin is quietly advancing judicial overhaul legislation again, testing whether the anti-overhaul protest movement can regroup.
The left sees Levin as the brains behind the judicial coup and warns that any revival of the overhaul will bring the protest movement back to the streets.
Sep 14, 2026
Lean Left
Levin is spearheading the judicial overhaul legislation and defending it against massive protests and legal challenges.
The left views him as a key enabler of the government's anti-democratic agenda and a direct threat to the Supreme Court's independence.
Sep 12, 2026
Lean Right
No direct article, but as Justice Minister he is central to judicial reform and the Supreme Court shattering incident.
Likud credits Levin for pushing judicial reform despite relentless attacks from the left, and sees the Supreme Court window incident as a symptom of the toxic atmosphere created by anti-government protests.
Sep 11, 2026
Far Right
Justice Minister is involved in judicial reform efforts and responses to Supreme Court cases like the Gaza Division officer's identity battle.
Religious Zionism supports his efforts to reform the judiciary and limit Supreme Court power, seeing it as essential to national security and conservative values.
Sep 11, 2026
Lean Right
The Jerusalem Supreme Rabbinical Court appointed three judges from the Religious Zionist party.
Likud supports this move as a step toward a more conservative judiciary that reflects the religious right's values, a key coalition priority.