Attorney-General

Government tells High Court draft arrests risk civil war, says case outcome 'known in advance'

“Israel needs haredi recruits, not haredi detainees,” the government said, arguing that arrests of yeshiva students could reverse a gradual increase in enlistment and risk civil war.

Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from the Gur (Hasidic dynasty) protest outside Military Prison near Kfar Yona, central Israel, against the jailing of seminary students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, July 20, 2026.
Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 9, 2026.

A-G asks High Court to freeze law separating police investigations unit from prosecution

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 8, 2026.

A-G asks High Court to strike down 'discriminatory' haredi draft enforcement freeze

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in his trial, at the District Court in Jerusalem on June 29, 2026.

Netanyahu, Elovitch lawyers press A-G to decide whether to drop Case 4000 bribery charge


A-G to Ben-Gvir: Directives to minimize protests are invalid, enacting them will breach agreement

Ben-Gvir responded on Monday and insisted that the document is binding, and that the new protocols will kick in if an advisory opinion is not handed over within 24 hours.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir seen after a visit at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, during the Tisha B’Av, August 3, 2025

Gov’t decision to fire chief prosecutor, legal adviser, invalid from start, must be canceled - A-G

Since one of the roles of the attorney-general is to be the chief prosecutor for Netanyahu’s trial, a main issue in her firing has been that there might be a conflict of interest.

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara attending a committee meeting in the Knesset, April 27, 2025; illustrative.

Ex-judge, A-G to 'Post': Nothing in Halacha stopping Torah scholars from serving in IDF

At the Table: Elyakim Rubinstein, who is Orthodox, said there is nothing in Halacha which states that men studying Torah should not serve in the army.

Conversing with Elyakim Rubinstein in his spacious Jerusalem apartment: ‘In Jerusalem’ Editor Erica Schachne (L) and Greer Fay Cashman.

Deputy A-G: Haredi draft dodgers must not be allowed to go to Uman for Rosh Hashanah

The government does not have the authority to create a plan that would interfere in law enforcement activities, specifically in regards to allowing draft dodgers to leave Israel, Gil Limon said.

 Jewish men in the street during Tikkun HaKlali near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, on eve of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, September 15, 2023.

‘Right to demonstrate is not all-encompassing’: Ben-Gvir presents policy document to limit protests

Ben-Gvir announced that if the attorney-general does not give a reply within five days, the policy will go into immediate effect. 

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 17, 2025

In huge win for Trump, court throws out half-billion-dollar fraud penalty

The decision by a five-judge panel of the Appellate Division in Manhattan represented a defeat for New York Attorney-General Letitia James, whose office brought the civil fraud lawsuit against Trump.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House.

Miri Regev blames A-G, protesters for ongoing bus delays, chaos

If the Attorney General hadn’t allowed the ultra-Orthodox and Kaplan protesters to block roads, the buses would have arrived on time,” Regev said.

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev.

The Polish precedent: Locking out the attorney-general - opinion

Blocking Attorney-General Baharav-Miara from accessing her office marks an escalation in attempts to erode the rule of law.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav-Miara and Justice Minister Yariv Levin attend a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem last year.

One man arrested in Jerusalem over 'serious written threats' to A-G Gali Baharav-Miara

According to the police, a 36-year-old suspect was arrested and transferred for questioning in connection with a letter containing a threat to harm the A-G.

 Israeli attorney-general Gali Baharav Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee leads a committee meeting in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on November 18, 2024.

'Switching lock to office was against legal protocol,' A-G accuses Justice Minister Levin

The petitions to the court on the matter came from elements that asserted that his actions violated court orders that froze the decision to fire her.

 Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara attends the weekly government conference, held at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on May 21, 2023.