Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

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Israel government to hold no-confidence vote on attorney general

Israel’s government will meet on Sunday for a no confidence vote on the attorney general, a vocal critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marking the start of a lengthy dismissal process.

“We resolve to express our lack of confidence in the government’s legal adviser, Gali Baharav-Miara, due to her inappropriate behaviour and due to significant and prolonged differences between the government and the government’s legal adviser,” said a cabinet meeting agenda.

The message was posted on the website of the prime minister’s office, hours after the government sacked Ronen Bar, the head of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency.

Netanyahu attempting to ‘get rid of gatekeepers’ of Israel’s democracy

Protests against Netanyahu’s government are taking place in Israel after the cabinet voted unanimously to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.

Yossi Mekelberg, a senior fellow at Chatham House, said the matter would be taken to the Supreme Court as Shin Bet was investigating the prime minister’s office for alleged breach of security and corruption.

“The decision to fire the head of the organisation that was conducting this investigation looks very bad,” Mekelberg told Al Jazeera. “What we’re seeing right now is that Israel under Netanyahu is becoming more and more authoritarian. He’s trying to get rid of all the gatekeepers of Israel’s democratic foundation.”

Netanyahu’s cabinet is also expected to debate a motion of no confidence against Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Sunday, who had previously been accused of having politicised her role to hinder the government.

On Thursday, the former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, Israel’s most revered jurist, said he feared Netanyahu’s actions will push the country into civil war.

“There is a real worry,” Mekelberg said, adding as demonstrations continue Netanyahu is using the war on Gaza as a diversion. “By diverting attention, he thinks he can survive until the next election.”

Civil war? Netanyahu has split the Jewish community in Israel

Israel is accused of not being a state for all its citizens, as 20 percent of the population of Indigenous Palestinians face systematic discrimination.

But what is happening now is that Netanyahu and his coalition have managed to split the Jewish citizens of Israel between the loyalists and the opposition, who feel their institutions that have worked so far to protect the Zionist ideal are under threat.

The former head of the Supreme Court in Israel has accused Netanyahu and his allies of pushing Israel into civil war. This is a man who attended the International Court of Justice on behalf of Israel as a judge during the hearings where Israel was accused of genocide.

He is someone who has fiercely defended Israel. He is extremely worried what is happening is polarising the state so much that clashes are possible.