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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

Israeli judicial overhaul

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
High Court gives government green light to convene new panel on firing attorney general
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice rules that court cannot address matter before decision by relevant authorities; government implied it could ignore top court if it accepted petitions seeking to torpedo procedure
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and other ministers in the Knesset plenum during a vote on a law to overhaul Israel's judicial selection process, March 27, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 13, 2025, 7:15 pm
Ministers back bill letting new governments clean house from army chief to AG
Legislation allowing incoming political leaders to fire top officials at will would ‘lead to the complete politicization of the most senior positions,’ warns Attorney General’s Office
By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
July 13, 2025, 1:24 pm
High Court gives government green light to convene new panel on firing attorney general
Justice rules that court cannot address matter before decision by relevant authorities; government implied it could ignore top court if it accepted petitions seeking to torpedo procedure
By Jeremy Sharon
Left: Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a conference at the University of Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 6:51 pm
AG says government’s new method for firing her is ‘fundamentally illegal’
Baharav-Miara tells High Court any hearing on her dismissal by new ministerial committee would be a sham; Justice Minister Levin retorts: Israel ‘deserves impartial AG’
By Jeremy Sharon
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
July 6, 2025, 8:54 pm
Government panel backs bill stripping AG of authority over ministry legal advisers
‘If the bill is legislated, the ability of the attorney general to protect the rule of law will be diminished,’ warns Israel Democracy Institute researcher Guy Lurie
Irwin Cotler speaking at the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights, in 2024. (Courtesy)
July 6, 2025, 4:53 pm
Irwin Cotler sounds alarm on erosion of Israel’s greatest protection – its democracy
The former Canadian justice minister, attorney general and human rights lawyer discusses attacks on Israel’s judiciary and his decades of shuttle diplomacy between Israel and its neighbors
By Ariela Karmel
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Knesset on April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2025, 8:54 pm
Likud to advance bill stripping AG of authority over ministry legal advisers
Bill ‘could derail the coordinated work of the legal advisers to the government’ and curtail attorney general’s ability to protect the rule of law, warns Israel Democracy Institute
By Sam Sokol
Maj. Gen. David Zini visits families of fallen Israeli soldiers during Memorial Day at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 30, 2025 (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
July 1, 2025, 1:01 pm
PM’s pick to head Shin Bet said to call judiciary ‘a dictatorship that rules Israel’
Report says David Zini also claimed Shin Bet is not ‘bound by law,’ and is instead ‘first and foremost bound to the prime minister’
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin, right, and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attend a farewell ceremony for then-acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)
June 8, 2025, 9:45 pm
New plan for ousting AG: Legal battle gov’t aims to win, or election campaign cudgel?
Supreme Court will almost certainly block new process for firing the AG. Ministers are well aware of this, and of the benefit of another judicial battle to distract attention from Haredi draft-dodging
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 5, 2025. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
June 6, 2025, 2:03 pm
At rally near Supreme Court, Levin slams judicial ‘tyranny,’ vows ‘complete reform’
Justice minister promises to ‘carry out the will of the people’; Ben Gvir says war will be won by ousting Gazans, resettling Strip; 2 held at parallel anti-government protest in Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
Maxim Rybnikov (right), London-based director at S&P Global Ratings, speaks via video conference at the Israel Democracy Institute’s Eli Hurvitz conference on Economy and Society in Jerusalem, May 27, 2025. At left is former Bank of Israel director Karnit Flug. (Sharon Wrobel/Times of Israel)
May 27, 2025, 9:51 pm
S&P warns Israel’s credit rating at risk of downgrade amid judicial jitters, Gaza war
Rating agency official says institutional risk could impinge Israel’s rating; Central bank governor Yaron warns government over weakening the independence of state institutions
By Sharon Wrobel
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 26, 2025, 3:43 pm
AG: ‘Not a warning, but reality – under cover of war, regime change has sped up greatly’
Baharav-Miara declares at Bar Association confab that governance changes already felt, joining Supreme Court head Amit in highlighting erosion of judicial independence
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Likud MK Moshe Saada leads a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on May 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2025, 2:18 pm
Likud MK revives bill handing justice minister control over probes into cops, prosecutors
Sponsor Moshe Saada says bill aims to ‘watch the watchmen’; opposition lawmakers, legal professionals say legislation part of coalition efforts to politicize law enforcement bodies
By Charlie Summers
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi in Jerusalem, July 17, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
May 18, 2025, 10:17 pm
Government backs media regulation bill, AG says it will endanger freedom of the press
Attorney General says bill advanced by communications minister will allow political and commercial interference in broadcast media regulation and content
By Jeremy Sharon
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 15, 2025, 10:27 pm
Government to weigh contentious bill giving it power over regulation of broadcast media
New legislation would enable communications minister to revoke a broadcaster’s registration, issue heavy fines; networks say it’s an attempt to bring media under political control
By Jeremy Sharon
Acting Supreme Court President Justice Isaac Amit at a hearing for a petition filed by families of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, October 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 13, 2025, 3:20 am
In blow to government, court strikes down appointments process for civil service head
High Court rules that uncompetitive process for appointing Civil Service commissioner removes guardrails needed to ensure position remains independent, impartial, and apolitical
By Jeremy Sharon
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