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Yitzhak Amit (, born Yitzhak Goldfreund ; 20 October 1958) is an Israeli jurist currently serving as President of the Supreme Court of Israel since February 2025, having been the court's acting president from October 2024 to February 2025. He has been a justice of the Supreme Court of Israel since 2009. He is widely considered as a liberal justice and has had a major impact on the Supreme Court.
In 1997, he was appointed a judge on the Acre Magistrates Court, and subsequently a judge on the Haifa Magistrates Court. He then became a judge on the Haifa District Court. He was elected to the Supreme Court in August 2009, and took office in October 2009.
In 2023, Amit was expected to become President of the Supreme Court, following Esther Hayut's retirement. However, due to the objection of the Minister of Justice, Yariv Levin, Uzi Vogelman became acting President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 16 October 2023 until he stepped down reaching retirement age on 1 October 2024..|left]]Amit became the acting President of the Supreme Court of Israel after Uzi Vogelman stepped down, until a permanent president was appointed by the Judicial Selection Committee. Justice Minister Yariv Levin blocked the accession of Amit as permanent president who was nominated based on the long-standing seniority-based convention, arguing he possesses discretion regarding the committee's convening, the identity of the candidates to be presented for a vote, and the timing of such a vote, but was forced to call a vote following a unanimous High Court decision in 2025. Amit was thereafter appointed president on 26 January 2025, and sworn in on 13 February 2025 by Israeli president Isaac Herzog with Levin boycotting the inauguration, and subsequent meetings in what has been branded as a constitutional crisis.
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