Israel's High Court of Justice will hear petitions challenging the government's dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on September 3, in an expanded panel of nine justices, Supreme Court President Isaac Amit announced on Thursday.

Israel Prime Minister's Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet voted to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miari, who is prosecuting him, prompting demonstrator.

Baharav-Miara at loggerheads with Netanyahu over corruption charges, his ‘judicial coup’, and sacking of Shin Bet chief.