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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Communications minister again calls for attorney general to be fired
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi calls on Justice Minister Yariv Levin to dismiss the attorney general “immediately,” accusing her of acting out of “entirely political” rather than professional considerations.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appointment of Roi Kahlon as acting civil service commissioner “is another clear attempt to interfere with the powers of the elected government,” Karhi declares.
Baharav-Miara’s office told Netanyahu yesterday that Kahlon did not meet the criteria for the position. In a position paper, Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon wrote that Kahlon claimed in his resumé to have far greater management experience than he actually has.
“This is the same attorney general whose appointment itself was riddled with difficult questions and inaccuracies, including the ‘recommendation’ from Judge Anat Baron which in retrospect turned out not to exist,” Karhi states.
In 2022, Globes reported that despite being listed as a reference by Baharav-Miara, a spokesperson for the Courts Administration had stated that Baron had informed her that “in the absence of professional interaction with her, she would not be able to give a recommendation on the professional angle.”
However, if contacted regarding Baharav-Miara, the judge could discuss her in a nonprofessional capacity “in light of her personal acquaintance with her.”
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