AG said to argue there are no grounds for ordering Netanyahu’s recusal

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara does not believe there are grounds to order Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recusal from office, the Kan public broadcaster reports a week after she came out against a law aimed at shielding the premier from such a move.

According to a separate report by Channel 12 news, which is also unsourced, Baharav-Miara recently said there haven’t been deliberations on Netanyahu’s potential recusal and that the matter “is not on the table.”

The High Court of Justice is due to hear a petition against the legislation passed in March, with Baharav-Miara calling for it to be struck down and linking the law to motions seeking Netanyahu’s recusal for allegedly violating a conflict of interest deal barring him from dealing with his government’s judicial reforms while on trial for graft.