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Sunday, June 8, 2025
Opposition members blast cabinet for move to let ministerial panel fire AG
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The Democrats chairman Yair Golan condemns Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the cabinet’s decision to allow a ministerial panel to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, arguing that the government is looking for a scapegoat for its own failures.
“Netanyahu will not fire the attorney general. The government of abandonment and failure never stops looking for those to blame for its failures. Today it’s the attorney general’s turn,” Golan tweets. “Gali, there is a huge community standing behind you. The people are with you. Continue to defend the law with your head held high.”
National Unity chairman Benny Gantz also slams the government, arguing that the decision “will not result in the dismissal of the attorney general” because “you cannot change the rules of the game in the middle of play.
“The members of the government know this, the prime minister knows this, and so does the justice minister. Their entire goal is to undermine the legitimacy of state institutions and blame others for their inability to make decisions. The citizens of Israel deserve a government that will unite the country — not a government that acts against it. It will happen, and soon.”
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