JERUSALEM: Israel’s attorney general warned Monday of the country’s democratic backsliding under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, specifically regarding the judiciary’s independence and the executive’s disregard for court rulings. Gali Baharav-Miara, who also serves as the government’s legal adviser, has clashed with Netanyahu’s government since it took office in late 2022. “Given the approach of the end of the current Knesset’s term, a race has begun to eliminate democratic institutions,” Baharav-Miara said at a conference of the Israeli Bar Association on Monday.

JERUSALEM: Israel’s attorney general warned Monday of the country’s democratic backsliding under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, specifically regarding the…

“Given the approach of the end of the current Knesset’s term, a race has begun to eliminate democratic institutions,” she says

Angesichts der innenpolitischen Situation in Israel zeigt sich die Generalstaatsanwältin besorgt. Sie warnt unter anderem vor Angriffen auf die Justiz des Landes.

Speaking at the Israel Bar Association’s annual conference in Eilat, Baharav-Miara said the judicial overhaul had entered a more extreme “second phase."

Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara warned on Monday that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pursuing measures that could significantly weaken…