The Israeli right -wing government approved a proposal on Monday Gali Baharav-Miara’s appeal from the post of Prosecutor General for alleged loss of trust in her ability to hold this office. AFP said the Supreme Court suspended this decision. He complied with the request that the opposition party was addressed after the government’s vote exists (YES ATID) and activist groups. At the same time, the court prevented the government from appointing a substitute for Baharav-Miara.
- The Israeli government approved the appeal of the Attorney General.
- The Supreme Court immediately suspended this decision.
- Thousands of people protested against the appeal in front of the house.
- Bahav-Miara criticized Netanyahua for alleged conflicts of interest.
- The judicial reform has triggered mass protests and was suspended.
At the same time, the Supreme Court announced that it would discuss further petitions against the appeal in the next 30 days, AFP added. The Jerusalem Post reported that Thousands of people gathered in front of the Baharav-Miara House on Sunday evening to express their support before the government vote. According to the demonstrators, the efforts to dismiss her from office was initiated by those who “try to break down Israeli democracy”. According to the public service television Kan There were also struggles among the cops and the protesters.
The Attorney General in Israel plays a key role in supervising the legality of the government’s decisions. Baharav-Miara often got into disputes with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for government measures, which she considered illegal. The tension between them escalated earlier this year, when Baharav-Miara questioned the legality of the appointment of David Zini as the head of the home news service Šin Bet.
In her opinion, Netanyahu was in the decision -making in this matter in conflict of interest because Shin Bet was investigated by the Prime Minister’s advisors as part of the corruption case known as Qatargate. This case concerns the suspicion that Netanyahu’s closest collaborators were paid by the Qatar government for lobbying in its favor and promoting Qatar. The case was revealed in February 2025. Netanyahu denies any mistake and described the Qatargate case as “witch hunt”.
Qatar itself is very controversial for Israel because it is considered to be supporter of the Palestinian militant movement Hamaswhich, 7 October 2023, launched an attack on Israel, resulting in retaliation of the Israeli army and the ongoing war in the Palestinian band Gaza. Qatar is also one of the intermediaries at indirect negotiations on the end of this war.
Netanyahu and his allies have long blamed the Israeli judiciary by cumulating power and interfering with the decisions of the executive. The controversial efforts of his government on the reform of the judiciary caused in 2023 months mass protestswhose initiators warned that planned changes would disrupt the brake system and counterweight in Israel. Efforts to reform in justice was suspended after the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip.
