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Smotrich says he supports efforts to replace AG Baharav-Miara
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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich tells reporters that he supports replacing Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.
Asked about Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi’s statement on Monday that the government will begin the process of removing Baharav-Miara from her position in the coming weeks, Smotrich replies that the issue is the responsibility of Justice Minister Yariv Levin but that he believes that “she should be replaced.”
How this should be done is up to Levin, he says. “He is responsible for that, that is his role and responsibility and we will back him up.”
Asked about Karhi’s statement, which was made during a conference organized by the right-wing Arutz Sheva news outlet, a spokesman for Levin tells The Times of Israel that “I am not aware of anything new about this matter.”
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