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Thursday, June 26, 2025
Likud lawmaker says Trump should sanction Israeli legal officials
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Likud lawmaker Tally Gotliv goes further than her coalition colleagues, calling on US President Trump to impose sanctions on Israel’s attorney general and Supreme Court president after Trump called for the cancellation of the “politically motivated case” against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Dear President Trump, you are, of course, correct in every word, but the court in Israel — how shall I put it delicately — is not particularly impressed. I suggest, Mr. President, that you impose personal sanctions on the persecutors of the prime minister who are acting out of malicious and political motives… to weaken the strength of Prime Minister Netanyahu,” the firebrand legislator posts on X.
“First and foremost, I suggest imposing sanctions on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and on Supreme Court President Isaac Amit, who are severely undermining the ability of the government led by Netanyahu to govern and lead Israel to defeat its enemies,” she continues.
Both Baharav-Miara and Amit are “striving in every way” to harm the authority of the prime minister, “who has led Israel and the world alongside you to security and strength,” Gotliv adds.
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