Israel attorney general accuses PM of 'conflict of interest' in security chief dismissal

In a statement, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said the government's "decision to terminate the tenure of the head of the Shin Bet is fundamentally flawed, tainted by a personal conflict of interest on the part of the Prime Minister due to the criminal investigations involving his associates". She added that the move would lead to the politicisation of the position. The statement was issued alongside letters from Bar and Baharav-Miara to the supreme court. In his letter to the court, Bar...