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Knesset speaker backs extending tenure of body’s legal adviser for another 5 years
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. 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"
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana speaks at the Inter-Parliamentary Union's Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva on July 29, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana announces that he has informed Knesset Legal Adviser Sagit Afik that he backs extending her tenure for another five-year term and will “approach the Knesset House Committee in order to complete the required procedure.”
Afik has served in her position since 2020.
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