The Israeli cabinet moves to the Prosecutor, Jali Baharav Mayra

The Israeli Council of Ministers approved a suggestion without confidence on Sunday against the country’s public prosecutor to start its rejection. Critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described part of his efforts to reduce the independence of judicial officials and to purify officials, which he considers unwanted.

Mr. Netanyahu and his allies, the Public Prosecutor, accused Baharrav Mayra, of undermining them. The vote of lack of confidence against it, as well as the approval of the Council of Ministers before shooting at the Chief of Local Intelligence in Israel, restored the street protests that remind us of turning against the government’s plans Judicial reform Before the war with Hamas in 2023.

In a letter addressed to the Council of Ministers on Sunday, Mrs. Bahraf Mayra said that the confidence movement was not part of the official process that would be legally required to remove it. She added that the government of Mr. Netanyahu sought to put itself “above the law, to act without checks and balances, even in the most sensitive times,” in reference from other things to the war in Gaza.

Legal experts say that the launch of Mrs. Haraf Mayara is likely to be a process that will last for weeks due to the long checks aimed at protecting the independence of her role. It will be necessary to dismiss it first in a special appointment committee that currently lacks some members and cannot resist until vacancies are occupied.

The Israeli Minister of Justice and the Deputy Prime Minister, Yarif Levin, who presented a proposal to confidence before the Council of Ministers, issued a statement after a decision to say that full support for the ministers and their harsh words about Mrs. Bahraf Mia “the testimony of the severity of the rift caused by the public prosecutor in its relations with the government.”

Mr. Levin said that he will follow up on the legal procedures for her dismissal, but added that he expected her to resign immediately, “as it was possible for anyone to do integrity in this situation,” to allow her to choose him without delay. Mrs. Bahraf Mayra was called to attend the cabinet meeting, but she chose not to appear.

Intelligence official, Mr. Netanyahu, Ronin Bar, moved, Send a harsh message To the government that calls for this process to shoot it illegal and say that the Prime Minister’s motives were “mainly defective.”

Freezing the country’s Supreme Court, the dismissal of Mr. Bar, pending a hearing.

Mr. Netanyahu says it enhances Israeli democracy by curbing what he describes as transgressing by non -elected officials and giving more power to the elected government. But his opponents see that the moves are part of an invoking effort by the Prime Minister to remove checks from his strength and to make action to those who are seen as unwanted.

Mrs. Baharav Mayra, 65, was appointed as a general lawyer in 2022, in a short period when Mr. Netanyahu did not lead the government of Israel. Since Mr. Netanyahu returned to power later that year, the two have repeatedly clashed over politics, including judicial reform.

In Israel, the Public Prosecutor is enabled to issue binding decisions a law for the government, including informing officials that the policies they want against the law. This makes the position of Mrs. Baheraf Mayara one of the few checks on the executive authority in Israel, a state without an official constitution.

Mrs. Baharav Mayra also supervises the judicial system, which is being tried by Mr. Netanyahu on corruption accusations in three separate cases. The Prime Minister has a testimony in his years of trial, in which he denies any violations.

“This is more conflicting in interest that can be imagined,” said Amir Fox, a legal expert at the Israel Institute for Democracy, a non -party research group in Jerusalem. “It cannot be that the government, led by the defendant, can be condemned by the public prosecutor.”

Critics of Mr. Netanyahu noticed that the new public prosecutor can suspend or even cancel the trial of corruption.

Last week, the Israeli government under the supervision of Mr. Netanyahu Mr. Bar, The head of the Shane’s bet, the local intelligence agency in Israel. Mr. Netanyahu said that Mr. Bar lost him through unlimited differences; Then Mr. Bar confirmed that his loyalty was for the Israeli public.

Under the supervision of Mr. Bar, Shen’s bet was investigating the possible Qatari interference in making Israeli decisions, including within the office of Mr. Netanyahu. When removed, Mr. Netanyahu was driven by “severe conflicts”, as Mr. Barr wrote in the letter to the government, which was distributed by his office.

Despite the decision of the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday, Mr. Netanyahu and his allies cannot reject Mrs. Baharav Mayra as soon as they did. Instead, they will likely need to follow a detailed process that includes a separate committee and multiple sessions, and it is expected that it will finally end in the courts.

Isabelle Kirchner contributed to the reports.