Gali Baharav-Miara גלי בהרב-מיארה

خلفية

Born in Israel, Baharav-Miara served in the IDF, studied law at the Hebrew University, and built a long career in the State Prosecution, eventually as Tel Aviv District Attorney for civil matters, before her February 2022 appointment to the Attorney General role under the Bennett-Lapid government. The Attorney General position combines four constitutional functions: senior legal advisor to the government, head of the prosecution system, representative of the public interest, and prosecutor of public officials.

سجل ملحوظ

• Has issued numerous formal legal opinions during her tenure on the boundaries of government action, particularly around judicial reform, ministerial conflicts of interest, and senior appointments
• Has clashed publicly and repeatedly with the current coalition over the scope of the Attorney General's role; on 15 July 2026, in its final session before dissolving for the October election, the Knesset passed a law 65-51 making the Attorney General's legal opinions non-binding on the government and ending the office's exclusive authority to represent the state in court — a High Court petition against the law was filed immediately
• Her standing role as the State's representative in court means she has overseen Israel's legal defense at the International Court of Justice against South Africa's genocide charges, a charge Israel rejects in the strongest terms as a libel against a country fighting a defensive war for its survival
• Term scheduled to end February 2029

اليوم

Continues in office. The law the Knesset passed on 15 July 2026 — making her opinions non-binding and opening state courtroom representation to government-chosen counsel — is under immediate High Court challenge, and its fate is a central issue heading into the 27 October 2026 election.