Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked today published a list of 28 candidates for the Supreme Court. In the coming weeks, the committee for selecting judges will choose four candidates to replace Supreme Court President Miriam Naor and Justices Elyakim Rubinstein, Salim Joubran, and Zvi Zilbertal, who will retire in 2017.
The list was published following the termination last week of the talks between Naor and Shaked aimed at reaching agreement on the candidates to be chosen.
By publishing the list on schedule today, as she said she would, Shaked is signaling to Naor that business will be carried on as usual, and that Shaked is unmoved by the Naor's severe criticism when Naor halted the talks between them.
The candidates are Prof. Yifat Bitton, Tel Aviv District Court Judge George Karra, Tel Aviv District Court Judge Chaled Kabub, Haifa District Court Judge Yosef Elron, Haifa District Court Judge Ron Sokol, Prof. Gideon Sapir, Tel Aviv District Court Judge Dr. Michal Agmon-Gonen, Central District Court Judge Menachem Finkelstein, Haifa District Court Judge Yael Willner, Tel Aviv District Court Judge Ruth Ronnen, Central District Court Judge Prof. Ofer Grosskopf, Central District Court Judge Michal Nadav, Jerusalem District Court Judge Tamar Bazak Rappaport, Tel Aviv District Court Judge Gilad Neuthal, Official Receiver General Prof. David Hahn, Adv. Asaf Posner, Prof. Aviad Hacohen, Tel Aviv District Court Judge Dr. Kobi Vardi, Tel Aviv District Court Judge Shaul Shohat, Nazareth District Court Judge Asher Kula, Jerusalem District Court Judge Nava Ben-Or, Jerusalem District Court Judge Ram Winograd, Jerusalem District Court Judge David Mintz, Jerusalem District Court Judge Moshe Sobel, Jerusalem District Court Yigal Mersel, Prof. Haim Sandberg, and Prof. Shahar Lifshitz.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on November 6, 2016
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