Government delays hearing on firing attorney general amid Iran war

The new ministerial committee established by the government to provide a recommendation on firing Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara postpones a hearing that had been set for Tuesday to hear her arguments against being fired.

The government had been seeking to fire Baharav-Miara and approved a new method of firing her last week, but postponed the hearing following the outbreak of war with Iran.

Baharav-Miara was pictured in a photo of a security cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Saturday night.

The government is also unlikely to respond to the High Court of Justice today regarding petitions requesting that the court annul the new dismissal process, due to the current conflict with Iran.

The deadline for filing responses to the request of petitioners to freeze the new dismissal process until a final decision on the case is today.

It is unclear whether the Attorney General’s Office will send the state’s response to the petitions today. The Attorney General’s Office told the government before it approved the new dismissal process that the proposal was unlawful, and will therefore side with the petitioners in the case.