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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Levin ‘belongs behind bars’: Opposition, legal officials fume after Levin locks AG out of her office, violating High Court ruling
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJustice Minister Yariv Levin’s decision to change the lock on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s office provokes an outpouring of condemnation and mockery from his political opponents, including National Unity-Blue and White chair Benny Gantz, who quips: “Who said kindergartens weren’t open in August?”
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid strikes a more serious tone, noting that “while the hostages are dying in Gaza and the IDF is fighting for our lives, the justice minister is acting like the last of the criminals and violating clear court rulings.”
“In Israel’s most difficult hour, we have a government of evaders, the corrupt, and lawbreakers,” the Yesh Atid leader says.
The Democrats chair, Yair Golan, goes one step further, asserting that Israel isn’t run by a government, but rather by “a criminal gang seizing power through force.”
Israel Bar Association head Amit Becher also speaks out against Levin, calling him a “criminal who endangers Israel’s existence.”
“He is not locking the door in the attorney general’s face, but is locking the door in the face of the rule of law in its entirety,” he fumes. “This is the latest move in a mad campaign to completely crush the judicial system, while blatantly trampling on the rulings of the Supreme Court.”
He declares that Levin, an “existential threat” to Israel, must be arrested by the end of tonight.
“He belongs behind bars, not at the table of the government,” Becher says. “He must be removed immediately.”
The Times of Israel Community.