High Court unanimously urges government to revoke attorney general's dismissal (Israel)

In a highly consequential decision, the High Court of Justice decided unanimously on Monday to recommend to the government that it cancel its decision to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. The court told the government to inform it by September 14 whether it accepted the court's recommendation to abolish the new method for firing the attorney general that the government established in June, and by extension to cancel the dismissal of Baharav-Miara. The decision by the nine-judge panel, a majority of whom are conservatives, was prompted by the government's failure to file a response to petitions to the court against...