A Woman with an Agenda
Ruthie's agenda
Ruth Gavison's fiery temperament is known far and wide. In academic circles there are some who describe it as "the dictionary definition of the total opposite of a judge's temperament." "She is a very unpleasant person," says a veteran attorney.
The First Word: Aharon Barak's true colors
Ruth Gavison is, in many crucial ways, Aharon Barak's worst nightmare. Arguably Israel's most celebrated legal scholar, a lifelong activist for human and civil rights, a longtime proponent of peace negotiations with Israel's Arab neighbors, she is...
Chief Justice Barak opposed to Gavison's High Court nomination
After months of speculation in the legal system over the candidacy of Professor Ruth Gavison to the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Aharon Barak on Friday expressed his opposition to her nomination, staking a position that puts him at loggerheads wit...
Aharon Barak's agenda
For sheer, unmitigated hypocrisy, it would be hard to beat Supreme Court President Aharon Barak's justification for opposing Prof. Ruth Gavison's Supreme Court nomination. In a lecture last Friday, Barak said that while Gavison is "completely qual...
Supreme Court head Barak explains opposition to Gavison appointment
Supreme Court President Aharon Barak has publicly accounced he is opposed to appointing Prof. Ruth Gavison to the bench. The matter has engaged the judicial system for months, with Justice Minister Tzipi Livni openly pushing for Gavison's appointm...
Barak: Supreme Court needs new judges
Supreme Court President Aharon Barak said Friday he would have backed the candidacy of Hebrew University law professor Ruth Gavison for the Supreme Court had she not publicly stated her views about how the court should function, views with which h...