Gali Baharav-Miara

Police: Shin Bet must provide more evidence before investigation into foreign funding of elections

According to the assessment, the existing findings suggest, at most, a possible minor violation of party financing laws, raising doubts about the justification for a full criminal investigation.

Boaz Balat, head of the Israel Police's Investigations Department attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on April 27, 2025.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot at a ceremony following the swearing-in of the 26th Knesset at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026.

Eisenkot meets Netanyahu for two-hour security briefing amid tensions over potential Iran strikes

Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 9, 2026

Netanyahu trial judges order Attorney-General Baharav-Miara to appear in court next week

Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot seen behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as party leaders pose for a group picture in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026

Eisenkot warns Netanyahu against military action in Iran until new government is formed


A-G declines judges’ invitation to Netanyahu trial, says door remains open to talks

Netanyahu’s lawyer, Amit Hadad, argued that the judges could summon Baharav-Miara regardless of her position.

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

Attorney-General calls Police Investigation Department law a ‘poison capsule’ for law enforcement

Baharav-Miara warns that political control over investigations would deter police and prosecutors from confronting those in power.

Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 9, 2026

Israel Police chief turns to A-G over stalled senior appointments, bypassing Ben-Gvir

Police Commissioner Danny Levi asked A-G Baharav-Miara to let senior police appointments move forward without Ben-Gvir’s signature, a day after the minister called Levi her “captive.”

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Chief of Police Daniel Levi attend a ceremony for 234 new traffic police vehicles as part of a new national road-safety program, at the Israel Police headquarters in Jerusalem, November 30, 2025.

A-G Baharav-Miara says no evidence foreign interference could have changed Knesset election results

Gali Baharav-Miara said decisions on whom to investigate are professional and equal, adding that any new information would be examined in accordance with the law.

Gali Baharav-Miara.

'Boaz Balet is a fraud': Ben-Gvir slams head of police investigations over election probe

Ben-Gvir criticized Maj.-Gen. Boaz Balet, head of the Israel Police Investigations, following reports that Balet had prohibited police from transferring materials to Shin Bet for the election probe.

Otzma Yehudit party chairman and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, alongside members of his party, at the party’s election headquarters in Modiin, on Israel’s general election night, October 28, 2026.

Netanyahu trial judges consider summoning A-G in dispute over investigation approvals

No final response has yet been presented, leaving open whether Baharav-Miara will be asked to participate in a future hearing.

Attorney Amit Hadad, representing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for Netanyahu’s corruption trial, November 3, 2026.

CEC ratifies election results as A-G, Shin Bet feud over foreign interference investigation

Former Joint List head Odeh among suspects in foreign funding case; Arab leaders slam Zini over 'politicized probe,' Likud attacks A-G over delay

Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director David Zini visits at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror, on April 21, 2026.

A-G denies Zini's request to interrogate Arab party senior lawmakers, says evidence needed

Likud released a response to the A-G's decision later on Tuesday, accusing her of "attempting to conceal the truth from the citizens of Israel."

Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset on June 9, 2026.

Shin Bet expands election interference probe to suspected Palestinian Authority funding - report

The investigation remains in its preliminary stages, with investigators yet to establish whether money was transferred, how much was involved, or what its intended purpose may have been.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas faces deep public dissatisfaction, with a new poll finding overwhelming support for his resignation, and growing doubts over the PA’s role and legitimacy.

High Court freezes broadcasting law, orders answers on legislative defects

In September, Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara asked the High Court of Justice to freeze the Broadcasting Law until it rules on 11 petitions challenging it.

Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026