Israel’s government cabinet on Monday approved the appointment of a new Attorney General for the country, Gali Baharav-Miari.
The public committee chaired by former Supreme Court President Asher Grunis submitted three names to the Cabinet at the request of Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told the cabinet that he and Sa’ar were recommending Baharav-Miara, an attorney.
“This is one of the most important and sensitive appointments in the public service, and at this time, given the erosion of public confidence in law enforcement, there is an important opportunity here to maintain what needs to be maintained and to correct what needs to be corrected,” Bennett said in his remarks.
“We need a good, strong and serious establishment that the public will trust,” he added, commenting that the basic role of the attorney general is to “assist the government in implementing its policy in the framework of the confines of the law.”
This is the first time that Israel will have a female attorney general, Bennett noted, adding, “Our government sees all citizens of Israel, women and men, as being able to achieve anything.”
