of judicial appointment, is carried out by all the authorities together. Supreme Court Judges cannot be removed from office except by a decision of the Court of Discipline, consisting of judges appointed by the President of the Supreme Court, or upon a decision of the Judicial Selection Committee—at the proposal of the Minister of Justice or the President of the Supreme Court—with the agreement of seven of its nine members. Qualifications The following are qualified to be appointed Judge of the Supreme Court: a person who has held office as a judge of a District Court for a period of five years, or a person who is inscribed, or entitled to be inscribed, in the roll of advocates, and has for not less than ten years –continuously or intermittently, and of which five years at least in Israel – been engaged in the profession of an advocate, served in a judicial capacity or other legal function in the service of the State of Israel or other service as designated in regulations in this regard, or has taught law at a university or a higher school of learning as designated in regulations in this regard. An "eminent jurist" can also be appointed to the Supreme Court. Judges The number of Supreme Court Judges is determined by a resolution of the Knesset. Currently, there are 15 Supreme Court Judges. At the head of the Supreme Court and at the head of the judicial system as a whole is the President of the Supreme Court, and the Deputy President. A judge serves until reaching 70 years of age, or the judge resigns, dies, is appointed to a position which is disqualifying from continued service as a judge, or is removed from office. Current judges , the Supreme Court Judges are: Gilad Lubinsky Ziv and Sarit Abadian serve as the Court Magistrate Judges (or "Registrars"). Presidents Below is a list of presidents of the Supreme Court. Italics indicates expected future appointments. Moshe Smoira (1948–1954) Yitzhak Olshan (1954–1965) Shimon Agranat (1965–1976) Yoel Zussman (1976–1980) Moshe Landau (1980–1982) Yitzhak Kahan (1982–1983) Meir Shamgar (1983–1995) Aharon Barak (1995–2006) Dorit Beinisch (2006–2012) Asher Grunis (2012–2015) Miriam Naor (2015–2017) Esther Hayut (2017–2023) Uzi Vogelman (2023–2024) Yitzhak Amit (2024–2028) Noam Sohlberg (2028–2032) Daphne Barak-Erez (2032–2035) Ofer Grosskopf (2035–2039) Roles Appellate court As an appellate court, the Supreme Court considers cases on appeal (criminal, civil, and military ) on judgments and