Israel’s coalition government intends to start proceedings “in the next two to three weeks” to dismiss Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi revealed on Monday.
“The justice minister prepared a hearing with hundreds of examples of illegal activity—things that are inconceivable for an attorney-general to do,” said Karhi of Baharav-Miara, speaking at the annual Jerusalem Convention of the Basheva weekly and Israel National News.
“There is no scenario in which she will remain in her position,” claimed Karhi, who has spearheaded the process alongside Justice Minister Yariv Levin. “The law states that the AG’s role is to advise and assist the government in advancing policy—not to block it from within,” he added.
“She crossed all the red lines and the time has come to return power to the elected officials. It will happen soon, God willing,” he said.
Karhi launched his effort to remove Baharav-Miara in December, charging her with “deliberately thwarting government policy for political reasons” and “inventing absurd legal impediments.”
The initiative came a month after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tasked Levin with finding a solution to what he described as adversarial legal advice from the attorney general.
In a Dec. 23 meeting, coalition leaders reached a decisive agreement authorizing Levin to begin formal proceedings against Baharav-Miara.
According to Israeli law, Baharav-Miara does not work for the prime minister, as opposed to in the United States, where the attorney general is an agent of the executive branch. Netanyahu has often clashed with Baharav-Miara, who was appointed by Naftali Bennett in 2022.
