Gali Baharav-Miara

The Knesset plenum approved in a first reading a bill to split the role of the attorney general into two separate positions: attorney general and chief prosecutor. The proposal passed with a majority of 65 Knesset members in favor and 47 opposed, and will now move to further discussions in the Constitution Committee.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he reviewed the affidavit submitted to the High Court by Brig. Gen. G., which supports Roman Gofman’s version of events at the center of the petition. Netanyahu said: "There are no words to describe the injustice done to Gofman."

The District Court canceled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's scheduled testimony after his attorney, Amit Hadad, sent an urgent letter citing late-night security consultations and an ongoing security-diplomatic schedule.

After a marathon ten-hour hearing, justices took under advisement a petition to remove National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. The attorney general’s office floated a compromise: immediate judicial oversight of limits on the minister’s role, plus a two-week window to nail down formal ground rules.