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Coalition accuses attorney general of corruption, endangering security over opposition to incoming Mossad chief
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAriela Karmel is a political correspondent at The Times of Israel. She previously reported for Calcalist and Haaretz. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern and African History from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.
Coalition ministers accuse Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara of corruption and endangering state security after she endorsed petitions today seeking to overturn the appointment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s military secretary, Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman as the next director of the Mossad intelligence agency.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says Baharav-Miara is part of “a corrupt system that has hijacked the State of Israel,” and accuses her and the High Court of being “two corrupt bodies violently imposing their position on the elected government.”
Claiming the attorney general “repeatedly acts to thwart” government policy, Smotrich again calls for her resignation and vows to advance legislation splitting the role of the attorney general into separate positions, which would effectively deprive the position of all authority and independence.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir accuses Baharav-Miara of “fighting the State of Israel and endangering its security,” telling her: “In Tehran, they are applauding you. They could not dream of a better ally than you.”
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi again calls on the government to defy any High Court ruling overturning Gofman’s appointment as well as both previous and future rulings blocking the attorney general’s dismissal.
“The last month alone is more than enough to justify a new government decision: canceling the High Court order, reaffirming the immediate dismissal of the ousted attorney general, and appointing an acting attorney general without delay,” says Karhi in a post on X.
The High Court in December struck down the government’s decision to fire Baharav-Miara, ruling it had failed to provide legal justification for changing the dismissal process for an attorney general. Critics have argued that Baharav-Miara was fired simply for repeatedly pointing out that the government was acting in violation of the law, and that the government had designed a political process to facilitate her dismissal on political, not professional, grounds.
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