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Levin storms out of meeting of coalition heads on firing AG over pushback by his allies — reports
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"
Justice Minister Yariv Levin accuses allies of failing to back him up on legislation to revamp the judicial selection committee, during a meeting between the various coalition heads on firing Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Hebrew media reports.
According to Channel 14, the meeting was called to discuss firing the attorney general, but Levin stormed out after the ministers wouldn’t back him on the bill to reshuffle the judicial selection committee.
According to the Ynet news site, Levin backs down on the matter in the face of internal opposition and complains angrily that Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich “refuse to back me up.”
A planned meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s senior coalition allies on the topic was canceled last Monday, after four coalition party chiefs reportedly declined to attend.
Hebrew media reports that Baharav-Miara will instead be summoned to a hearing before the full cabinet to defend her record in the coming weeks — a meeting that will not be part of an official impeachment proceeding.
The Times of Israel Community.