Gali Baharav-Miara
Israel
Attorney General of Israel
government
Gali Baharav-Miara is an Israeli lawyer who serves as the current Attorney General of Israel. Prior to her legal career she served in Unit 8200. In her legal career she served as the Tel Aviv District Attorney for Civil Affairs, and as a consultant to the law firm Tadmor, Levy, & Co. She is the first female Attorney General of Israel.
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Aug 17, 2026
Lean Left
The attorney general is fighting her unprecedented dismissal, with the High Court suspending the government's decision.
Labor/Meretz see her as the last barrier against a controlled judiciary and a symbol of legal defiance worth defending in the streets.
Aug 17, 2026
Far Left
The coalition is pushing a no-confidence process against her for blocking annexation laws and the National Guard bill.
She is championed by Hadash as the last institutional barrier protecting the High Court and the rule of law from the far-right coup.
Aug 17, 2026
Far Left
The attorney general is resisting the government's moves to dismiss Bar and is facing coalition threats of a removal process.
Hadash treats her as a last wall against the collapse of the rule of law, and criticizes the government for turning legal watchdogs into political targets.
Aug 15, 2026
Far Right
She submitted the state's response to the High Court, making haredi education network funding conditional on full core studies and close supervision.
RZ views her as the legal establishment overstepping into religious education, which fuels the right's broader complaint of judicial overreach.
Aug 15, 2026
Far Left
The Attorney General is opposing coalition legislation that would weaken the High Court and remove her from office.
Hadash defends her as a democratic brake, while noting her limits on prosecuting police killings.
Aug 14, 2026
Lean Left
Refuses to greenlight the firing of the Shin Bet chief and warns about legal consequences for coalition laws.
For Labor and Meretz she is the ultimate guardrail against executive overreach and now the primary target of government incitement.
Aug 12, 2026
Lean Left
Attorney General remains a shield against the firings and legislative erosion, and she is using the state prosecutor against government overreach.
The left sees her as the only democratic firewall still standing and fears she will soon be the next target.
Aug 10, 2026
Far Left
The Attorney General is in the news for pushing back against coalition attempts to remove her and weaken judicial oversight over government decisions.
Hadash regards her as an institutional barrier against corruption and the authoritarian drift of the Netanyahu-Smotrich-Ben-Gvir coalition.
Aug 9, 2026
Lean Left
The attorney general is facing coalition criticism and no-confidence votes after blocking government orders on legal grounds.
For Labor/Meretz she is the last serious institutional barrier to the far-right coalition's takeover of the state.
Aug 9, 2026
Far Left
The Attorney General ruled Netanyahu's attempt to fire Ronen Bar illegal and is leading the legal fight against the government.
Hadash regards her as the last institutional guardian refusing to capitulate to coalition bullying, though it also wants firmer anti-occupation legal action.