Overview
- Justice Ministry legal adviser Yael Kotik advised Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to refrain from involvement in overseeing the leak investigation due to a potential conflict of interest.
- Kotik wrote that it cannot be ruled out that the attorney general may need to be questioned as part of the inquiry.
- Supreme Court Vice President Noam Sohlberg granted Baharav-Miara an extension until 10 p.m. Thursday to respond to petitions seeking her disqualification from the case.
- The opinion, though not legally binding, is expected to carry weight as the Supreme Court considers petitions challenging the attorney general’s continued role.
- Justice Minister Yariv Levin had previously barred Baharav-Miara from the matter and appointed a retired judge, as the probe focuses on the leak of a video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman.