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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Oct 2, 2026
Lean Right
Attorney General Baharav-Miara is opposing the coalition's ultra-Orthodox draft law and has clashed with Justice Minister Levin over judicial reforms and the selection of judges.
Likud sees her as a leftist holdover who is obstructing the government's agenda and undermining the will of the voters, and they are pushing to limit her authority.
Sep 30, 2026
Center
Attorney General told the Supreme Court to disqualify Abu Shaqra from running for the Knesset over support for armed struggle against Israel.
Yesh Atid is caught between defending the rule of law and warning that overreach could turn democratic institutions into weapons against Arab political representation.
Sep 28, 2026
Lean Left
The Attorney General is the target of a coalition bill to remove her from office after she opposed government legal moves.
The left views her as a last line of defense against authoritarian overreach and is rallying behind her against Netanyahu's attacks.
Sep 27, 2026
Far Left
Israel's first female attorney general has blocked much of Netanyahu's agenda to remove constraints on government power.
The left is deeply divided: some see her as a rare institutional check on Netanyahu's authoritarianism, while anti-imperialists argue that defending Israeli legal institutions whitewashes the occupation and apartheid.
Sep 26, 2026
Lean Left
The attorney general is facing a government no-confidence move and a push to fire her over her refusal to defend coalition bills and her handling of Netanyahu's cases.
Labor and Meretz defend her as the last legal firewall against a government they say is lawless, and her ouster would trigger their loudest protest wave.
Sep 23, 2026
Center
The attorney general said there is an evidentiary basis showing Balad chairman Abu Shehadeh supported armed struggle by a terror group and advised considering disqualification seriously.
Yesh Atid defends Baharav-Miara as a guardrail of the rule of law against a government that wants to fire her, even when her legal assessments complicate the center-left's own coalition math.
Sep 9, 2026
Lean Left
The attorney general is under attack from coalition lawmakers for blocking legislation deemed harmful to democracy.
She is defended by the center-left as a last line of defense against arbitrary coalition power, despite calls for her removal.
Sep 5, 2026
Lean Left
Attorney General faces coalition motions to dismiss her after she blocks ministers from lawbreaking.
Seen as the last firewall defending rule of law; Labor/Meretz rally behind her against political purges.
Aug 29, 2026
Far Left
The Attorney General is investigating government officials for possible corruption and misconduct in war management.
Hadash supports her role as a check on a government bent on dismantling democratic institutions and covering up failures.
Aug 25, 2026
Far Right
The Attorney General lost a court bid to prevent Ben Gvir from speaking at an event, with Justice Sohlberg rejecting her request.
For Religious Zionism, the AG is seen as a partisan obstacle to the right's security agenda, and her defeat is a vindication of Ben Gvir's defiance.