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Survey: No-Confidence in Israel's Judges
by E. Rauchberger

A survey conducted by Panorama Market Research published recently reveals surprising findings about the attitude of the public toward Israel's judicial system and its judges.

The survey indicates that the judicial system does not have the confidence of the population, and that a third of Israel's citizens believe that Israel's judges and its courts lack both integrity and impartiality. More than half of the citizens of the State of Israel -- 58 percent -- think that the decisions and rulings of the Supreme Court are influenced by political considerations.

The survey also indicates that 70.6 percent of the people think that judicial appointments are also influenced by political considerations.

Recent reports indicate that the Justice Minister postponed the meeting of the Committee for the Election of Judges until the election of a new representative to replace Benny Elon, who was appointed Tourism Minister following the murder of Rechavam Ze'evi. Elon was one of the two Knesset representatives on the committee. The committee includes two ministers, two Knesset members, three High Court justices and two representatives of the Bar Association. The committee is supposed to elect twenty new judges from a list of scores of candidates.

 

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