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Sunday, December 14, 2025
Likud lawmakers bash High Court over cancellation of attorney general’s firing
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Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi calls on the government to ignore the High Court’s annulment of its decision to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, declaring that that is the only way “to save Israeli democracy.”
“This is a moment of truth for all of us. Checks and balances are needed against a golem that has risen up against its creator,” the Likud minister declares, arguing that the court’s ruling violated the law.
“The government must make a decision today: We do not accept the blatant intervention of the High Court of Justice at the very heart of the government’s authority,” he continues, saying the government should “definitively and in practice dismiss the attorney general, block her entry to government offices, and immediately appoint an acting replacement.”
“Only if we say no to High Court rulings that contradict the law will we be able to save Israeli democracy,” he says.
The court’s decision is also slammed by Likud lawmakers Tali Gotliv and Avichai Boaron.
In a tweet, Boaron says that the decision constitutes “yet another severe blow to the principle of separation of powers and to public trust in the court,” and calls for the creation of a new court to deal with administrative matters.
On the other side of the aisle, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid welcomes the court’s ruling.
“I commend the Supreme Court for unanimously accepting the Yesh Atid faction’s petition demanding preventing the illegal firing of the attorney general. We’ll continue to fight for the rule of law in Israel,” Lapid tweets.
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