The next goal of Yesh Atid: women judges in rabbinical courts

Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee today approved (Tuesday) the law of MKs Shuli Mualem - Rafaeli and Aliza Lavie, for second and third readings. Under the proposal, four women will serve on the committee to elect judges in rabbinical courts.

According to existing law, judge's selection committee is comprised of ten members: two chief rabbis of Israel, two judges of the Supreme Rabbinical Court, Minister of Justice and another two Knesset members, and two Attorneys - representatives of the Bar Association.

MK Shuli Mualem - Refaeli and Aliza Lavie are seeking to establish a law that a representative government, the Knesset and the Bar Association committee to select judges - will be women. Additionally, the law seeks to expand the committee from 10 to 11 members, when the additional member in the committee, will be a female rabbinical plaintiff.

Unlike the original draft law, which states that the authority to advance the status of women will choose the female plaintiff as a claims commission, at a committee hearing, it was decided that the female plaintiff will be selected by the Minister of Justice.

It should be noted that the opinion of the legal adviser of the Committee states that the law's proposed obligation to choose a minister, an MK and a lawyer shall not apply to delegates already selected. Thus, if the law is approved on third reading in the Knesset, the current composition of the committee will only change with the addition of the Minister of Justice will choose a female plaintiff to serve as a member of the committee.

MK Uri Maklev argued that the law came to harm the halacha and the authority of the rabbinical courts, he said: "This is going bad".
MK Aliza Lavie said that in the future she will offer to select women as judges in rabbinical courts. Committee Chairman David Rotem said to Lavie: "Forget it; it is never going to happen."

MK Shuli Mualem - Refaeli asked to speed up the vote on the law, to allow the committee to convene and appoint judges.

MK Uri Maklev and Avraham Michaeli submitted reservation which sought to apply the law to judges and Cadis. In addition, they sought to add to the committee two judges - in addition to the existing years. But the proposal was not accepted.

The law was passed in the Knesset in second and third readings, supported by MKs from the coalition and the opposition against opposition from Orthodox MKs in the Committee.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!