Based on the police, a 36-year-old suspect was arrested and transferred for questioning in reference to a letter containing a risk to hurt the A-G.
Israel Police opened an investigation after discovering a letter containing a risk to hurt Lawyer-Common Gali Baharav-Miara in Jerusalem, Israel Police acknowledged on Wednesday.
Based on the police, a 36-year-old suspect was arrested and transferred for questioning in reference to the letter. He’s anticipated to be introduced earlier than a court docket for an extension of his detention to proceed the investigation into his actions on Thursday.
The investigation was opened on the request of the Non secular Companies Ministry, after former Sephardi chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef warned ha had acquired a letter asking for permission to harm the A-G.
“The rabbi’s workplace was alerted to a risk that seems actual and should instantly endanger the lifetime of the Lawyer-Common,” the police acknowledged.
One other letter with a direct risk to Baharav-Miara was discovered in a while close to a residential constructing in Jerusalem, in line with the police.
Lawyer-Common Gali Baharv-Miara seen with Justice Minister Yariv Levin on the Supreme Court docket in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024 (credit score: OREN BEN HAKOON/POOL)
A-G Baharav-Miara’s firing and its struggle with the federal government
For the final couple of months, the Israeli authorities has been in a struggle with the A-G with the target of taking her out of the place.
The final growth occurred when Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Yariv Levin determined to alter the locks of Baharav-Miara’s workplace in Tel Aviv.
“The locks on the minister’s workplace in Tel Aviv have been certainly modified, however it’s the minister’s workplace and never of Gali Baharav-Miara’s. Her try to make unauthorized use of the minister’s workplace is one other instance of puzzling conduct on the a part of somebody who has already been faraway from her place,” Levin mentioned.
However, in line with what the A-G mentioned in a response late Sunday night time to the Excessive Court docket of Justice, Levin defied authorized protocol and court docket orders.
Baharav-Miara defined that “the decades-long customized within the Justice Ministry is that the employees of the Lawyer-Common’s Workplace sits on the Tel Aviv places of work.”
“Solely after the federal government resolution [to fire Baharav-Miara] was a one-sided resolution reached to dam the A-G’s entry from the workplace – and all with no clarification,” she wrote.
She added that this defies the Excessive Court docket order to not change any facet of her job. “It seems that the aim of this act was to hurt the attorney-general’s standing and professionalism.”
Sarah Ben-Nun contributed to this report.
