Movement for the Quality of Government

Attorney-general: Proposed cabinet rule changes would enable unlawful government action

“The government is cancelling the restrictions that bind it so that it can act contrary to the law and legal norms,” Baharav-Miara said. “The proposal is unlawful.”

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ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav-Miara attends a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in April. Israeli democracy is actually shockingly half-baked, the writer argues.
National Security minister Iamar Ben Gvir and Supt. Rinat Saban at the District Court in Jerusalem. Ben Gvir has reportedly been blocking Saban’s promotion. January 25, 2026.

Court holds hearing on Ben-Gvir’s refusal to promote lead Netanyahu Case 4000 investigator

The petition alleges that Ben-Gvir unlawfully delayed Saban’s promotion from superintendent to chief superintendent despite the completion of all professional requirements and police recommendations.

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Protesters gather in Jerusalem near the High Court of Justice. March 19, 2025.

High Court rules state inquiry into October 7 to be established within 30 days

In the judges' decision, it was written that there is no real dispute about the need to establish such a committee, which will have extensive investigative powers.

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ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav-Miara.

High Court rejects petition, A-G summons set for Monday as dismissal efforts ramp up

Ministers leading the ministerial committee set to convene tomorrow called the situation where the government’s own legal representative opposition “absurd.” 

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Itamar Ben-Gvir's ministry name change cost Israelis up to NIS 3 million

The frequent name changes of ministries in recent years have cost the public millions of shekels.

MAY 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is seen holding a press conference, on March 20, 2023.

Israel cannot give up reasonableness standard in judicial reform talks - NGO

MQG argued that the negotiating parties didn't have a right to degrade the reasonableness standard.

MAY 21, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
President Isaac Herzog speaks on Israel's judicial reform on February 12, 2023

Israeli sex offender rabbi should be banned from Lag Ba'omer event - NGO

Berland was convicted of sexual assault in 2016 of multiple women and other offenses including fraud, embezzlement, attempted threats, tax offenses and money laundering in 2021.

APRIL 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rabbi Eliezer Berland covered with a prayer shawl arrives for a court hearing arrives for a police investigation at a police station in Jerusalem, November 2, 2021.

Attorney-general against declaring Netanyahu in contempt of court

MQG said that the prime minister was not above the law and said that the attorney-general had walked back her position on Netanyahu's conflict of interest violations.

APRIL 3, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
LEFT: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu RIGHT: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara

What is conflict of interest, and how does it fit into law? - explainer

Acting in contradiction to these legally binding rulings and opinions opens up a public servant like Netanyahu to petitions to the court, fines or even criminal investigation, said Priel.

MARCH 26, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, in Jerusalem. Netanyahu’s rule will be perpetuated for years to come but not because the justice minister’s plan will gain popularity, the writer argues.

Netanyahu in contempt of court over conflict of interest - High Court petition

AG Baharav-Miara declared that Netanyahu's involvement in the judicial reform would constitute a conflict of interest.

MARCH 26, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking about the strikes and protests against the judicial reform

Movement for Quality Government's Eliad Shraga fights Israeli judicial reform

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Shraga's concerns about the laws being weighed in the Knesset are why he and his movement are protesting.

MARCH 10, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
DR. ELIAD SHRAGA, founder and chairman of the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, speaks at a press conference against the proposed changes to the legal system, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem.

Appeal to Knesset Ethics Committee against MK Almog Cohen

The Movement for the Quality of Government protested Cohen's remarks made against fellow MKs in the Knesset plenum.

FEBRUARY 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Otzma Yehudit party member Almog Cohen during a an election campaign conference in Ramat Gan, September 4, 2022.

Over 1,200 IDF soldiers examined after WSJ leak on naval ops against Iran

Over 1,200 soldiers were exposed to the secret information, while only about 450 had signed a confidentiality agreement.

MAY 11, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
A crew member raises the Iranian flag on Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, previously named Grace 1, as it sits anchored after the Supreme Court of the British territory lifted its detention order, in the Strait of Gibraltar

Haim Katz's plea deal approved by Rishon LeZion Magistrate's Court

The conviction was not deemed as having moral turpitude, as the High Court of Justice in December rejected a petition to impose it.

FEBRUARY 7, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Likud MK Haim Katz speaks at a Knesset plenary session on his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 17, 2020.