Overview
- An expanded seven‑justice High Court unanimously annulled both the government’s new dismissal mechanism and its move to terminate Gali Baharav‑Miara, declaring the decisions void.
- The court found significant procedural flaws, improper considerations, and a sharp deviation from Government Resolution 2274, which enshrines the Shamgar Committee’s safeguards.
- Justices noted the government failed to send representatives to hearings and did not file complete affidavits on time, conduct sufficient to convert a conditional order into an absolute one.
- The ruling warned that any unilateral steps to alter the attorney general’s status would contradict the judgment, even as ministers Yariv Levin and Shlomo Karhi urged defiance and floated blocking her access and appointing an acting replacement.
- Opposition leaders welcomed the decision, as the dispute intersects with broader fights over judicial powers and follows Baharav‑Miara’s warning to the prime minister that Itamar Ben Gvir has been improperly interfering in police work.