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Saturday, January 29, 2022
Search committee for new AG to meet Sunday, will reportedly recommend 3 candidates
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The search committee to find a new attorney general will convene tomorrow evening and present the names of three candidates to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, according to Channel 13 news.
The report says Sa’ar’s preferred choice is Gali Baharav-Miara, a former Tel Aviv district attorney for civil affairs. Her name was included on a shortlist of candidates released earlier this month.
The network notes that whoever is selected to replace outgoing Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will have several high profile cases to deal with: The whereabouts of state gifts given to Benjamin Netanyahu that the former premier was ordered to return; a gift of $20,000 dollars that an Australian billionaire gave to ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen; and the alleged harassment of a state’s witness by two Netanyahu aides.
The Times of Israel Community.