Day 517 - Who will be on the squad that fires the attorney general?

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute
audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and
the Jewish world.


Legal reporter Jeremy
Sharon joins
host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s
Daily Briefing.


Justice Minister Yariv Levin initiated proceedings to remove
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara from office. He has accused
her of having politicized her office to thwart the will of the
government and has long threatened to take action against her. We
learn what steps were taken.


A law dramatically changing how the state ombudsman for judges is
chosen passed its third and final reading in the Knesset plenum
early on Tuesday morning, following a full night of debate. We
hear why this is such a potential game-changer.


A new report by the Palestinian human rights organization
Physicians for Human Rights Israel has alleged that Gazan medical
personnel detained by Israeli forces and held in Israeli
detention facilities during the war with Hamas were subjected to
widespread and severe abuse, including beatings, various forms of
torture, psychological abuse, medical neglect and the provision
of insufficient rations. Sharon weighs in on how credible the
report is.


The UK Lawyers for Israel organization recently reviewed the
allegations against Israel regarding widespread famine in the
Gaza Strip during the war. In a report published last week, the
group found that there was no famine in Gaza during the war, as
defined by IPC standards — a UN-developed scale — and that even
levels of acute malnutrition were only marginally higher than
prewar figures. 


Please see today's ongoing liveblog for
more updates.


For further reading:


Levin initiates process of firing AG; opposition says
he’s destroying democracy, unity


Coalition passes judicial overhaul law taking over
appointment of judges’ ombudsman


Gazan medical worker detainees ‘subjected to torture,
beatings, medical neglect’ – report


New study: There was no famine in Gaza… according to
famine review groups’ own data


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IMAGE: Israeli Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara and Justice
Minister Yariv Levin at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting
Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in
Jerusalem on October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)


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