Day 517 - Who will be on the squad that fires the attorney general?

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

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🗓️ 6 March 2025

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Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s Daily Briefing.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin initiated proceedings to remove Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara from office. He has accused her of having politicized her office to thwart the will of the government and has long threatened to take action against her. We learn what steps were taken.

A law dramatically changing how the state ombudsman for judges is chosen passed its third and final reading in the Knesset plenum early on Tuesday morning, following a full night of debate. We hear why this is such a potential game-changer.

A new report by the Palestinian human rights organization Physicians for Human Rights Israel has alleged that Gazan medical personnel detained by Israeli forces and held in Israeli detention facilities during the war with Hamas were subjected to widespread and severe abuse, including beatings, various forms of torture, psychological abuse, medical neglect and the provision of insufficient rations. Sharon weighs in on how credible the report is.

The UK Lawyers for Israel organization recently reviewed the allegations against Israel regarding widespread famine in the Gaza Strip during the war. In a report published last week, the group found that there was no famine in Gaza during the war, as defined by IPC standards — a UN-developed scale — and that even levels of acute malnutrition were only marginally higher than prewar figures. But how credible is this report from a pro-Israel organization?

Please see today's ongoing liveblog for more updates.

For further reading:

Levin initiates process of firing AG; opposition says he’s destroying democracy, unity

Coalition passes judicial overhaul law taking over appointment of judges’ ombudsman

Gazan medical worker detainees ‘subjected to torture, beatings, medical neglect’ – report

New study: There was no famine in Gaza… according to famine review groups’ own data

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IMAGE: Israeli Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara and Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. Today is Thursday, March 6th, Day 516 of the war.
0:13.3	Amanda Borschelle, Dan, here in our Jerusalem office with our legal reporter, Jeremy Sharon.
0:18.2	Hi, Jeremy. Thanks for joining me.
0:20.1	Hey, Amanda, good morning. Good morning. Now,
0:23.1	the justice minister is taking concrete steps to remove the attorney general from office. We'll hear
0:30.4	what they are and what happens now. We'll also learn about two new reports, one which alleges
0:36.1	widespread abuse of Gazazan medical personnel
0:39.4	that were detained by Israeli forces, and the other that attempts to refute allegations of
0:45.9	widespread famine in the Gaza Strip. All this and much, much more when we're back.
0:57.7	Some much more when we're back. Some moments in history continue to spark debate through the ages, and few are as
1:03.4	controversial as the 1946 bombing of the King David Hotel by the Irugun.
1:09.5	This month, on Unpacking Israeli history, host Noam Weissman
1:14.1	takes you inside this gripping story. Was it an act of terrorism or a strategic move in the
1:20.6	fight for Jewish sovereignty? Why did the Irgun target the British headquarters and how did this
1:26.4	event change the course of history?
1:29.3	Listen to this special two-part series on unpacking Israeli history, where, through historical
1:35.3	context, first-hand accounts, and deep analysis, Noam unpacks the complexities of British
1:41.1	rule in Mandate Palestine, the Jewish paramilitary response, the political fallout, and the lasting debate of the moral and strategic implications of the attack.
1:51.4	Listen to Unpacking Israeli History Now, wherever you get your podcasts. Justice Minister Yeriv Levine initiated proceedings to remove Attorney General Ghali Bahaarav Mierra from office,
2:13.1	and he has accused her of having politicized her office to thwart the will of the government.
2:20.2	Levine has, of course, long threatened to take action against the Attorney General,
2:24.9	and yesterday he sent letters to the Knesset Speaker and the Cabinet Secretary,
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