IDF prepares for Freedom Flotilla • Government advances dismissal of A-G • Israel reportedly diverted Gaza aid funds to 'security establishment'
Two recent legal decisions highlight the deep and systemic challenges Israel faces. We cannot ignore what they reflect about the current state of governance.
"I'm the prime minister and I'm here—she doesn’t show up. Aren’t human lives important enough?" Netanyahu said, according to a KAN report.
“Your appointment of Zini, which was made under a conflict of interests and with a complete disregard to the legal instructions attached, is null and illegal,” the A-G wrote.
Sa’ar claimed that a “senior” official in the justice ministry had told him that Baharav-Miara had decided to “go all the way” in her opposition to the government.
“The job of the attorney-general is to follow the law - not to advance a certain political agenda which doesn't align with the law,” Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara warned.
The Yesh Atid MK alleged that the RZP created a campaign to outline financial benefits to reservists "on behalf" of Finance Minister Smotrich.
It is unclear whether these will be resolved by the time outgoing Shin Bet head Ronen Bar’s term ends on June 15.
The appointment was made despite a High Court ruling that the dismissal of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar was illegal due to Netanyahu's conflict of interest in the "Qatargate" affair.
Netanyahu decided to appoint a new man and has now dared Baharav-Miara and the High Court to stop him.
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