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Avital Sompolinsky

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Boaz Bismuth (center) and committee legal adviser Miri Frenkel Shor (right) during a discussion of the government's proposed law to regulate ultra-Orthodox conscription and exemptions, December 28, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz/Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
December 28, 2025, 11:09 pm
AG’s office, Knesset legal advisory pan Haredi draft exemption bill
Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon tells MKs controversial legislation ‘severely harms equality’; Haredi protesters block central highway over arrests of draft dodgers
By Sam Sokol
The broadcast offices and studios of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 3, 2024, 7:10 pm
Ministers back bill giving government control over public broadcaster’s budget
State’s Kan broadcaster warns against political intervention; deputy AG says legislation would ‘violate constitutional rights to freedom of expression and freedom of the press’
By Sam Sokol
Election envelopes at the elections for Israel's new chief rabbis in Jerusalem, September 29, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
October 8, 2024, 6:00 pm
Following inconclusive vote, AG demands second round in chief rabbi election
Call for runoff comes after a single miscast ballot left rabbis Micha Halevi and Kalman Ber with 40 votes apiece in last Sunday’s Chief Rabbinical election
By Sam Sokol
Lawmakers vote to expel MK Ofer Cassif from the Knesset during a meeting of the Knesset House Committee on January 30, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
January 30, 2024, 7:32 pm
Panel votes 14-2 to expel MK Cassif for Gaza genocide claims; now Knesset will vote
House Committee vote a ‘black day for Knesset,’ says Hadash-Ta’al chairman Tibi; ‘This is not freedom of speech, it is the freedom to betray your country,’ argues Likud’s Ofir Katz
By Sam Sokol
Israelis swim at Gan HaShlosha National Park (also known as Sachne) in northern Israel, September 9, 2017. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 10, 2023, 11:30 am
Fear and frustration run deep around sex-segregated swimming plan at natural springs
An attempt to accommodate summertime Haredi visits to nature reserves is adding heat to the raging fight over Israel’s character
By Canaan Lidor
Border police officers scuffle with demonstrators during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, at Ben Gurion Airport, July 11, 2023 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
July 17, 2023, 5:18 am
AG warns against ‘quotas’ for arrests, prosecution of anti-overhaul protesters
Baharav-Miara’s deputy files document with cabinet secretary following demand by ministers for plan on tougher law enforcement policy against demonstrators
By ToI Staff
Deputy Attorney General Avital Sompolinsky attends a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on March 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2023, 3:00 pm
‘Significant politicization’: Deputy AG spurns coalition plan to appoint new judges
Avital Sompolinsky tells Knesset panel that the legal difficulties posed by the initial legislation to change the Judicial Selection Committee aren’t solved by the latest version
By ToI Staff
(L) Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2022. (R) MK Simcha Rothman, chair of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee at the Knesset February 19, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni; Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 19, 2023, 5:35 pm
AG decries Rothman’s ‘silencing attempts’ as Knesset panel advances legal shakeup
Chair of Constitution, Law and Justice Committee accuses Gali Baharav-Miara of sending deputies to ‘mislead’ and ‘manipulate public opinion’
By ToI Staff
Aryeh Deri speaks during a Shas party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 12, 2023, 8:26 pm
Despite legal warnings, ministers advance bill aimed at putting Deri back in cabinet
Ministerial Committee for Legislation backs proposal that would shackle court’s ability to overrule ministerial postings, day after attorney general’s office came out against move
By ToI Staff
Shas chief Aryeh Deri leads a Knesset faction meeting on February 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 12, 2023, 1:03 am
AG pans coalition attempt to cancel legal review of minister picks, reinstate Deri
Baharav-Miara’s deputies warn latest move aimed at bypassing top court’s disqualification of Shas chief is ‘another attempt to remove constitutional safeguards,’ may be struck down
By ToI Staff
Deputy Attorney General Avital Sompolinsky speaks during a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on February 5, 2023. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 5, 2023, 5:07 pm
Deputy AG says judicial overhaul would render Israel a ‘very weak democracy’
Avital Sompolinsky tells Knesset panel coalition’s plan seeks to ‘almost completely cancel’ oversight; deputy AGs Limon and Marari slam push to subordinate police to government
By Michael Bachner
Avital Sompolinsky, whose appointment as a deputy attorney-general was approved by the government on May 1, 2022. (Noam Moskowitz)
May 1, 2022, 2:48 pm
Cabinet approves appointment of Avital Sompolinsky as deputy AG
Three of the six deputies of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara — the first woman to fill the position — are female
By Rachel Bernstein
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