Minister says he’ll summon AG for a dismissal hearing after she completes mourning period for husband

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amihai Chikli announces that he will issue a new summons to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara for a hearing pending dismissal on Wednesday, immediately following the end of the shiva mourning period she is observing for he husband who passed away last week.

Chikli is head of a five-member ministerial committee established by the government earlier this month as part of a new system to fire the attorney general, after the original dismissal process proved too difficult for the government to complete.

Chikli will issue the summons on Wednesday, although it is as yet unclear on what date the hearing will take place.

If Baharav-Miara attends the hearing, the ministerial committee will hear her arguments for why she should not be fired, and then will make a recommendation to the cabinet.

The cabinet will then vote on the committee’s recommendation.

The government and the attorney general have clashed repeatedly, with the former claiming Baharav-Miara has repeatedly and unjustifiably thwarted its policies and legislation, while the attorney general has argued she has restrained the government from acting illegally.

A petition against the government’s new process of firing the attorney general has been filed to the High Court of Justice and will likely be given a hearing in the coming days or weeks.