The Covid, the war in Gaza or Iran, his state of health, the influence of Trump … not to mention a string of legal appeals. Benyamin Netanyahu continues to try everything to postpone the trial for corruption which opened up in the spring of 2020. This time, he requested the support of his government to vote in favor of the dismissal of Gali Baharav-Miara, the general prosecutor of Israel, teaches us the American media Axios.
The government, and in particular its Minister of Justice Yariv Levin, assured that the dismissal, a first in the history of the country, was justified after a “Red line” was crossed in his relationship “Conflictual” with the magistrate. It is in particular the opposition several times expressed by Gali Baharav-Miara to the very contested project of reform of justice and his refusal to dismiss, in May, the boss of the Shin Bet Ronen Bar, who are targeted by the executive.
The dismissal barely had time to exist, the Israeli Supreme Court, which the bill intends to undress its role as a counter-power, having warned upstream that it would not validate the procedure, immediately invalidating procedure “Inappropriate”. As the journal Haaretz, To remove the magistrate, The government needed the agreement of the same committee which had recommended its appointment. Most of the members of this committee arriving at the end of their mandate, and in the face of finding replacements likely to follow its recommendations, the government has therefore granted itself the right to appoint a ministerial committee, made up of members acquired to its cause.
Even if the vote seemed stillborn, the magistrate responded in a letter to the ministerial cabinets, detecting a threat to it “Vengeance” Whenever a magistrate will want “Investigating a minister, will refuse to arrest a criminal investigation into a member of the government.” In addition to the investigation for corruption aimed at Netanyahu and its spouse Sara, Gali Baharav-Miara explores the links between several advisers from the Prime Minister and Qatar.
Benyamin Netanyahu and his wife are notably accused of “corruption, fraud and breach of trust”, for having accepted sumptuous gifts (travel, jewelry, concert squares, champagnes, cigars …) up to a million shekels (around 230,000 euros) over ten years from billionaires, including Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan (Pretty Woman, Fight Club) in exchange for tax gifts and a boost to obtain an American visa.
Determined to defend oneself at all costs, including allying on the far right, Benyamin Netanyahu is accused of having tried to impose his judicial reform to escape the prosecution. A bill which, in the context of October 7, has aroused unprecedented mobilization among the Israeli population, a wind up against what was described by the lawyer David Khalfa in Libération as “An institutional coup”.