Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara ordered to appear in Netanyahu trial

An Israeli court ordered Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to appear in Benjamin Netanyahu's criminal trial. Sources differ on whether the order was a routine procedural step or an overreach of judicial authority.

An opinion piece in Zman Yisrael argues that the decision by the panel of judges in Benjamin Netanyahu's criminal trial to summon Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to appear before them marks a final break from the rules of Israeli law. The author claims that the judges are acting to undermine the case and avoid writing a verdict, and that the summons exceeds their authority. The prosecution rejected the invitation, but the judges turned it into a binding summons. The author details legal arguments against the authority to compel attendance, and describes the expected procedure as surreal and sad.