Attorney General

Israelis rally in defense of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at Habima Square, Tel Aviv, March 27, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

The glorious legacy of Israel’s so-called ‘guardian of democracy’

The government’s efforts to oust the AG must be resisted. But even by her own admission, she has proudly signed off on Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

By Orly Noy and Amos Brison March 28, 2025

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest government corruption in Tel Aviv's Rothschild Blvd, December 2, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Tens of thousands protest Israel’s ‘Crime Minister’: Will it matter?

Nobody expected Saturday’s demonstration to be so enormous, but everyone was angry. Creative expressions of frustration were everywhere and demonstrators vowed to continue the protests — but what impact will they have? What started as a ripple on Israeli social media networks over the weekend burst out into a full-blown, massive demonstration against the government on Saturday…

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 3, 2017

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Chief of Police Roni Alshiech at an inauguration ceremony marking the opening of a new police station in the northern Arab Israeli town of Jisr az-Zarqa, November 21, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Legal bullying in the service of the prime minister

The Knesset is fast-tracking legislation to hobble and hide corruption investigations against Netanyahu. The bill would further erode Israeli democracy, training citizens to accept that they do not have the right to know the facts about their leaders. The Knesset raced toward adopting a law this week intended to constrain Israeli police from making recommendations about…

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 1, 2017

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Avigdor Liberman speaks at the campaign launch for the 2015 elections. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills)

State Atty. says Liberman’s ‘cut off their heads’ not necessarily violent

At an election event earlier this year the foreign minister said that disloyal Arab citizens of Israel should be decapitated. The State Attorney declines to investigate, exposing a glaring disparity in the freedom of speech — and incitement — granted to Jewish and Arab politicians. On March 8, 2015, at a pre-election conference at the…

By Orly Noy June 1, 2015

Former attorney general Michael Ben-Yair (Photo by Yossi Gurvitz)

Former Israeli AG: We should have evicted Hebron settlers

In an interview, former Israeli attorney general Michael Ben-Yair says he considers the situation in Hebron a form of Apartheid, refers to ‘Price Tag’ attacks as Jewish terrorism and regrets consenting to the construction of West Bank bypass roads for settlers. By Yossi Gurvitz, for Yesh Din About a month ago, I met with Michael…

By +972 Magazine March 25, 2014

Panel of the Israeli Supreme Court (file photo, Activestills.org)

Israel’s AG is not representing the public interest

When the State defends illegal outposts in the High Court, it tends to mislead – since it prefers the interests of the government over those of the public. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Last week, a new low was reached in the relationship between the State and the courts. In a judgment of…

By +972 Magazine December 4, 2013

Eli Yishai visit detention camps for Asylum Seekers in the south (photo: Yotam Ronen / Activestills.org)

An open letter to the incoming interior minister

Dear Honorable Minister, Following coalition negotiations, free of Natan Eshel and other evils, you will be sworn in as Israel’s interior minister. Having seen the hardships faced by a number of Israel’s interior ministers, let us give you three recommendations to ensure that your tenure is pleasant: 1. Don’t let lawyers shape policy for you.…

By Laissez Passer January 30, 2013

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (photo: Matty Stern/state department)

Olmert acquitted on major criminal charges

JERUSALEM – Ehud Olmert, a former Israeli Prime Minister, has been acquitted of criminal charges in two out of out three cases in a rare triple trial. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert emerged from the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday morning promising this will not be the last the public hears from him. With…

By Roee Ruttenberg July 9, 2012