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Israeli Knesset Passes Law to Override Attorney General

Israel Knesset Curbs Attorney General's Power

Is this a democratic correction or a dangerous dismantling of legal checks on power?
Israel Knesset Curbs Attorney General's Power
Above: The Israeli Knesset on May 20. Image credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images

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Stripping the attorney general of independent authority hands unchecked power to politicians who can now appoint a prosecutor capable of shielding cabinet members from bribery and fraud charges. Making legal opinions non-binding on the government effectively guts the last meaningful guardrail against illegal executive decisions. This bill doesn't reform anything. It dismantles a cornerstone of Israeli democracy that has functioned since the country's founding.

Unelected judges and legal advisers have spent years overriding elected officials using vague standards like "reasonableness" that have no grounding in actual law, substituting their own preferences for legitimate democratic decisions. The Attorney General Law finally establishes clear boundaries on prosecutorial and advisory powers, restoring governance to those the public actually voted for. Accountability to voters — not to appointed gatekeepers — is what the rule of law looks like.


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