Israeli Attorney General Challenges Law Protecting Prime Minister From Recusal

Protestors hold Israeli flags and a sign that reads We are all Gali Baharav-Miara (Attorney General of Israel) during a demonstration against the judicial reform. She has asked the Supreme Court in Jerusalem to strike down a semi-constitutional law that bars judges from ordering a prime minister to recuse himself from office,MATAN GOLAN/SOPA IMAGES/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES.

Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has asked the Supreme Court in Jerusalem to strike down a semi-constitutional law that bars judges from ordering a prime minister to recuse himself from office, once again putting her at odds with Prime Minister and author Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

In a filing to the court, Baharav-Miara claimed that parliament misused its authority to improve Netanyahu’s legal position while he is on trial for corruption, and conspired to “allow him to operate in defiance of the court’s decision.”