Israel’s political crisis deepens after vote against attorney-general

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has made efforts to remove the lawyer-general lawyer, sinking the bitter fear with Israel’s legal bodies, which brought the country on the verge of the constitutional crisis.

With an unprecedented step, the cabinet unanimously maintained any confidence motion during the Galaave, which is the highest legal official in the country and one of the main tests of the government’s government.

NetanyahuThe allies have accused Tahavi-Matai in working against the government’s agenda. Justice Minister Harvi Levin demanded that he made it impossible “effective cooperation”, and Sunday announced that the government is holding “contemptuous.”

In a letter to the vote, Baharav-united – Who is both the government’s legal adviser and the head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office rejected the demands of the government and accused the law of the above-mentioned tenure.

No trust motion “does not seek to promote trust, other political leadership loyalty, not management, but also management. .. Power without borders,” he wrote.

“The government seeks to be on top of the law and act without inspections and balances, even extremely sensitive periods.”

The voting is determined by the Public Commission, which should be discussed by the tahara-unitary dismissal. This is the last turn, in a wider conflict between Netanyahu’s coalition and other Israeli state bodies.

It comes, as Israel is strengthening its updated land in Gaza, the end of the ceasefire with Homas, on Sunday, the Palestinian officials said about 50,000 of Israel’s insults.

Netanyahu and his allies are in LoggerHeads with Israel’s legal authorities, as the previous one was accused of corruption charges, which he denies.

The conflict was strengthened when Netanyahu returned to government in late 2022 and its government began to restrict controversial powers before the largest wave racks in the history of Israel.

In recent months, disagreements have brighter again, and ministers who have progressed by politicians about appointing the Supreme Court’s judges, which he has spent once a year since he had spent a year.

The government is also trying to rob the head of the Shin Bet Home Spy Agency Ronen Bar. The ministers threaten to ignore the Supreme Court if it rules against such a step.

As the government has removed its efforts to remove Agara-united and bar, the recent protests have taken place to collect tens of thousands of people on Saturday evening.

In an interview with the Israeli army radio, the opposition leader Yair Lapid said that if the government refuses to obey the orders of the courts, Israel would no longer have it. [be] Democracy, “and raised the prospects of citizens, which threatens to refrain from paying their taxes as a complaint.

“If the government declares that it will not obey the court order. It is the end of that issue, how did we know? It’s another country, “he said. “Everything is on the table, from the tax revolt to close the Knesset.”