Likud Lawmakers Seek To Limit Attorney General’s Prosecution Authority

Yariv Levin (R) of the Likud Party, newly elected Speaker of the Parliament is seen after the session to elect Israel's new Speaker of the Parliament at the Knesset in Jerusalem, in 2022. The party leadership distanced itself from bill introduced by 11 members, which would transfer power to prosecute Cabinet members to the state attorney.ISRAELI PARLIAMENT (KNESSET)/HANDOUT/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES.

JERUSALEM — A group of 11 Likud lawmakers submitted a bill to the Knesset on Wednesday that would strip the attorney general of the power to prosecute Cabinet members.

The legislation introduced by MK Eli Dellal states that “its purpose is to transfer from the attorney general to the state attorney the powers related to the enforcement of the criminal law against members of the government.”