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The case of Israel's attorney-general: Why the role exists - and should it be changed?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Experts weigh in on the importance of the role of the attorney general in the Israeli legal system, and debate Gali Baharav-Miara's interpretation of the role.

 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav-Miara. Last week, the A-G and her office issued a sharply critical advisory opinion on a government decision to change the traditional firing process of the attorney-general, one of many back-and-forths Baharav-Miara has had with the government.
 Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee leads a committee meeting in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025.

Judges grant gov’t, A-G until Tuesday for responses on Zini appointment

Israel's High Court of Justice

Israeli High Court blocks fast-track bid to undo gender change

 Supreme court president Yitzhak Amit attends a court hearing on petitions concerning the manner of appointing the head of the Shin Bet, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. July 1, 2025.

Gov't, A-G have until Sunday to compromise on new Shin Bet head Zini's appointment


Mother of hostage Ran Gvili disrupts Shin Bet hearing: ‘Don’t you dare use the hostages’

Almog Cohen claimed that Supreme Court Justice Isaac Amit kicked out a hostage's mother out of the Shin Bet hearing on Tuesday.

 Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, rally outside the PM's office in Jerusalem, calling for the government to seal a deal which would see all hostages released, on July 01, 2025.

Palestinian Authority can be sued by American terror victims, US Supreme Court rules

The family of Ari Fuld, who was killed in a stabbing attack in 2018 in a shopping center parking lot by a 17-year-old Palestinian terrorist, filed such the suit in 2021.

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MQG files to Supreme Court against gov’t decision on A-G dismissal

MQG said the decision was “made in an expedited process of less than a week without any factual basis.”

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara sits next to Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a ceremony for retiring acting chief justice Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, in October.

Prove Israel's progressiveness by preventing violent acts - editorial

The warning signs are no longer warnings - they are violent actions. Words can kill.

 A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish man holds a placard next to a police horse as he takes part in a protest against pressure to conscript into the military in Bnei Brak, Israel, June 5, 2025. The words in Hebrew read "We will not enlist in the enemy army."

Right-wing protester shattered Supreme Court window with air gun, police say

Police, Shin Bet, and court security are investigating to identify the suspects, the police stated. 

 Right-wing protester shattered Supreme Court window with air gun, police say, June, 2025.

Her mother, the architect: Documentary on Ada Karmi-Melamede

Yael Melamade interviews the designer of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem – her mom.

 THE FOYER of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem.

'Victory for Israeli democracy': Israel weighs in on Ronen Bar High Court ruling

While many organizations in Israel called the High Court's ruling on Ronen Bar's firing a victory for democracy, some said the decision undermined the government.

Israelis protest against Benjamin Netanyhahu's government in Jerusalem, March 23, 2025

Gov’t fast-tracking new Civil Service czar bill to counter High Court ruling

Likud MKs push for a bill to bypass the High Court and let Benjamin Netanyahu choose a permanent Civil Service Commissioner.

 The High Court of Justice convenes in Jerusalem on April 8, 2025

The UK dimension: What Israel can learn from Britain on judicial reforms - opinion

Opponents see the effort as a threat to judicial independence; supporters see it as restoring parliamentary supremacy. Compromise is not only desirable but possible and essential.

 A justice at the opening of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in London, 2009

The judiciaries in Israel and the United States are under siege - opinion

Attacks on Barrett and Sohlberg signal something profoundly concerning: Certain political factions don’t want conservative judges; they want compliant ones.

Some in the government coalition have suggested that Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg cannot be considered truly conservative because he has ruled against government interests, states the writer.

Qatargate: Urich to 10-day house arrest, police requested 21

Israel Police originally requested that it be for three weeks. The request was also set to be extended to the unnamed former Mossad official.

 Yonatan Urich, adviser of Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu seen before a press conference of Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022.