The High Court of Justice on Sunday issued an order preventing Justice Minister Yariv Levin from appointing a new head of the Police Internal Investigations Department (Mahash) until an interim petition on the matter is decided, according to a Hebrew-language report.
The High Court of Justice on Sunday issued an order preventing Justice Minister Yariv Levin from appointing a new head of the Police Internal Investigations Department (Mahash) until the court rules on an interim petition, according to Israeli media reports. Levin had informed the court earlier that the search for a Mahash director would continue even during the upcoming election period — a statement reported by The Zioneer at 18:19 Jerusalem.
The court's order halts Levin's efforts to fill the position under the new Mahash law, which has been challenged in court. As The Zioneer reported in August, analysts assessed that the court would not allow the appointment before the next elections. The order formalizes that assessment.
The interim petition remains pending, and the court has yet to issue a final ruling on the law's validity.
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