Hours before the government is scheduled to vote on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s dismissal on Monday afternoon, Baharav-Miara sent a letter to the government claiming her impending dismissal is “illegal” and is being carried out to thwart the recruitment of bnei yeshivos and interfere in the court cases against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Baharav-Miara also announced that she will not attend the meeting ahead of the vote in order to defend the government’s claims against her.
“The decision to change the way the attorney general’s tenure is terminated is fundamentally illegal,” she claimed in the letter. “So is any procedure intended to implement it. The participation of the attorney general in an illegal procedure, the outcome of which is known in advance, will create the appearance of a proper procedure and give it validity. In doing so, the attorney general would be betraying her role.”
It should be noted that the Supreme Court previously announced that the government’s dismissal of Baharav-Miara will not take effect until it holds a hearing on petitions against it.
Nonetheless, according to reports, the government has decided to ignore the Supreme Court’s announcement and boycott Baharav-Miara following her dismissal.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Yes correct; she is creating a split within the Israeli society and declaring war against over 1m citizens 14% of the population – enough of a reason to dismiss her!
She should be arrested and tried for high treason, as a capital offense.
This Israeli Nancy Pelosi/AOC mix-breed brought it onto herself by her own actions. She can blame my neighbors dead cat too. She is the only one who earned this procedure! She can’t be pushed out fast enough.
No it’s because you are a post soul and have turned your office into a political operation
Sort of like Jefferson Davis blaming his dismissal on the slaves and Abraham Lincoln. Instead of doing her job, she devoted her career to fighting Netanyahu and trying to crush the Hareidim, and is feeling abused because they fought back?
It’s amazing that all the people who complain about the ultra orthodox people in Israel seem to have no issue with this terrorist loving Traitor to the country, undermining the Prime Minister every day, destroying the government’s agenda, investigating the dear soldiers who fight hard for us because maybe some were too mean to the enemy, this is a classic example of an enemy of the state. She must go and preferably deep into a dark hole instead of the hostages that she did nothing to help them but ruin the course of the government’s work. Whoever dares to put down a rabbi while sticking up for this Beast will pay for their crime
The Chutzpah from the AG & the Israeli Supreme Court makes it seem like it’s Purim season, not Tisha B’av! The powers that the Supreme Court gave itself & gave the AG (who ny Statute & tradition was supposed to advise & protect the PM, not to Prosecute him!) is unbelievable!
It’s funny – she says it is illegal but based on what? The authority and legitimacy to govern comes exclusively from consent of the governed. The legislature is elected so clearly represents the governed. How is the judiciary placed? The judiciary decides who the judiciary will be. They are unelected. In a conflict between the elected legislature and the unelected judiciary in Israel – the democratically elected legislature must rule not the appointed judiciary.
It’s almost amusing that she says that this is illegal. In the United States, we have a constitution. Every single decision made by the government must be supported by the constitution. If there is not a constitutional source for the decision, it is illegal and unconstitutional. Unfortunately, Born decided that having a constitution would limit his power too much and did not allow one to be drafted. There is no constitution in Israel. There is no foundation That everyone agrees this is the source of the rule of law. At the end of the day the judicial just makes up whatever they want. They are not democratic. Their decisions are not based on the constitution. They are pulled out of thin air.
In that case, as legitimacy only comes from the consent of the governed, and the absence of a constitution, we must defer to the legislature, which is what is happening.
The secular left wing hand foresight that they would not be able to hold onto a majority and engineered a method to stay in power without needing to win another election by controlling the justice system. Very sad to see this reality playing out.