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Ministers vote to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speaks at a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
In a seismic moment for Israel’s system of government, the cabinet has voted unanimously to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Justice Minister Yariv Levin says in a statement.
The government has been at loggerheads with Baharav-Miara ever since it took office, and has accused her of serially blocking its decisions, appointments and legislation on a political, not professional, basis.
The High Court of Justice has ruled that the attorney general’s dismissal will not go into effect until after justices rule on the legality of the dismissal process, which government watchdog groups and the attorney general have described as unlawful.
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