Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Tuesday picked retired district court judge Yosef Ben-Hamo to oversee the criminal investigation into the Sde Teiman video leak, following a ruling by the High Court of Justice on Sunday allowing him to make the appointment.

Levin had chosen State Ombudsman for Judges Asher Kula to oversee the investigation, but the court ruled that pick invalid since the law explicitly bans the ombudsman from serving in any other position, or carrying out any other function, while in office.

Ben-Hamo, who was born in Morocco, served as a judge on the Nazareth District Court for six years from 2014 until 2020 before taking early retirement at the age of 65. Before that, he served as deputy president of the Northern District Magistrate’s Court, and as a family court judge in the Nazareth Magistrate’s Court.

In a letter to Acting Civil Service Commissioner Daniel Hershkowitz, Levin wrote that Ben-Hamo dealt........

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