High Court weighs ministerial conflicts of interest in choosing criminal investigation oversight
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The hearing arose from last year’s ruling allowing Justice Minister Yariv Levin to appoint an outside supervisor for the investigation into former military advocate-general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi.
The High Court of Justice convened all 11 Supreme Court justices on Sunday to examine whether the justice minister can choose who oversees a criminal investigation when conflicts of interest prevent senior law-enforcement officials from supervising it.The hearing focused on how to resolve that problem without giving politicians influence over the investigation.
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