The High Court is set to hear two opposing petitions next week regarding Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s role in overseeing the investigation into the Sde Teiman leak affair, Hebrew outlets report.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin has been attempting to bypass Baharav-Miara, whom he charges has a conflict of interest due to her prior oversight of an internal probe into the affair, which failed to trace the leak’s origin to former military advocate general Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi.
Levin attempted to appoint Asher Kula, the state ombudsman for judges, to lead the police investigation in her place, though Baharav-Miara has called the minister’s charges baseless and insisted he does not have the authority to replace her.
Justices Yael Wilner, Alex Stein and Gila Canfy-Steinitz will preside over the hearing Tuesday at 9 a.m., Ynet reports. One of the petitions seeks to bar Baharav-Miara from overseeing the investigation, while the other requests that the court strike down Levin’s appointment of Kula.
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