The Attorney General

High Court rules Justice Minister Yariv Levin must convene Judicial Selection Committee

The ruling was issued after the Minister of Justice refused to convene the committee for about a year and a half due to the lack of a broad consensus regarding the selection of candidates. 

Justice Minister Yariv Levin, MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionist Party), and MK Yulia Malinovsky hold joint press conference in Knesset ahead of upcoming vote on bill to publicly prosecute Oct. 7 terrorists, Sunday May 10, 2026.
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.

A-G shoots down Levin's most recent attempt to get rid of Supreme Court Chief Justice Amit

Protesters gather in Jerusalem near the High Court of Justice. March 19, 2025.

High Court limits public attendance to trials after warning of ‘unprecedented disturbances'

Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends a ceremony for outgoing Supreme Court judge Yosef Elron, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. September 18, 2025

Attorney-general: Netanyahu government trying to rig dismissal process


Netanyahu trial leak: High Court won't deal in decision not to probe

A main issue that decided the attorney-general's position was that it would be extremely unlikely to secure a criminal conviction, while invading the privacy of a great many people.

 SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut flanked by justices Uzi Vogelman (left) and Isaac Amit. The court has, in fact, not dared to decisively impact the burning issues rending Israeli society, says the writer.

Netanyahu to renovate Kotel egal. section 'as soon as possible' - A-G

It was stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's position is to continue the implementation of the directive from 2017.

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly government conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2023.

Netanyahu to be acquitted, Smotrich said in press conference

Netanyahu will be acquitted from accusations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, MK Bezalel Smotruch said in a press conference on Tuesday.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Yad Vashem at the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day last week.

Israel's new A-G holds the country’s future in her hands

LEGAL AFFAIRS: From Pegasus to the Netanyahu trial and from the ICC to coronavirus, Gali Baharav-Miara will have to hit the ground running as the incoming attorney-general.

 NEWLY APPOINTED Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara waves during a welcome ceremony for her in Jerusalem this week.

Sa'ar nominates Amit Aisman as permanent state attorney

Sa'ar said he warned Aisman of his plans to split the attorney-general's job into two roles: a chief legal adviser and a chief prosecutor - once Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit's term expires.

State Attorney Amit Aisman

Netanyahu to A-G: I will appoint justice minister by May

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Attorney-General he will advance the appointment of a justice minister by May.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit (R)

Biden's attorney-general nominee Garland vows to prioritize civil rights

The Justice Department's mission to enforce the 1957 Civil Rights Act "remains urgent because we do not yet have equal justice," said Garland, whose confirmation hearing is scheduled to begin Monday.

Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is seen in an undated handout picture

Previous AG Yehuda Weinstein: Mandelblit's decision was 'sound'

"It would've been better if this conversation had never happened, but the fact remains that it was a conversation between two friends," he said.

AVICHAI MANDELBLIT

Hearing, listening and deciding in good faith

Transparency in the hearing’s process would have minimized bias and enabled the public to decide for itself.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to Avichai Mandelblit

MKs call on A-G to investigate Breaking the Silence

Breaking the Silence slammed the letter, calling it a "desperate attempt" of a "discredited far-Right settler organization [Ad Kan] to revive a failed political campaign."

Manhunt for Ariel terrorist (IDF SPOKESPERSON'S OFFICE)