First Publication: High Court in Unprecedented Sharp Attack Against the Attorney General
Three Supreme Court justices — Noam Sohlberg, Daphne Barak-Erez, and Yael Willner — issued a harsh and exceptional reprimand to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, following what they defined as a systematic pattern of foot-dragging and…
Assessment
The Supreme Court justices leveled an unusually sharp rebuke at the Attorney General, accusing her of a systematic pattern of foot-dragging and misleading the court. The specific trigger was a last-minute request for an extension after a deadline had already been set. This public friction between the judiciary and the legal advisor signals a deeper institutional confrontation that could reshape how the government's legal positions are submitted and reviewed.