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 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.
Aug 8, 2026
Lean Left
Issued a legal opinion blocking Ben-Gvir's demand to fire senior police commanders and is under personal attack from coalition ministers.
She has become the last reliable institutional check on coalition misconduct, and Labor/Meretz defend her as the boundary between law and dictatorship.
Aug 7, 2026
Lean Left
The attorney general is under attack by coalition ministers who accuse her of obstructing them politically.
For Labor/Meretz she is the last institutional barrier to a government that refuses to obey the rule of law.
Aug 4, 2026
Lean Left
The attorney general faces a coalition-backed bill to strip her of control over legal advisers and an intensifying campaign to replace her.
For Labor/Meretz, she is the institutional firewall against unlawful government actions, and their protests seek to protect her role.
Aug 2, 2026
Far Left
The attorney general is under open attack from the coalition for blocking its judicial overhaul and police-related moves.
From a Hadash perspective she is a last institutional barrier against a government determined to crush legal accountability.