Israel’s cabinet on Monday voted unanimously to dismiss Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, the chief prosecutor in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial, intensifying a long-running confrontation over the independence of the judiciary. Justice Minister Yariv Levin, who brought the motion, said persistent policy clashes with the attorney general had made continued cooperation impossible. Baharav-Miara, appointed in 2022, warned ministers in a pre-vote letter that their action was illegal because it bypassed the statutory advisory panel required to approve the removal of an attorney general. She argued that allowing the government to oust its chief legal officer at will would erode checks on executive power and could influence Netanyahu’s ongoing fraud and bribery proceedings. Within hours, Israel’s Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction freezing the dismissal for at least 30 days while it reviews multiple petitions filed by the opposition Yesh Atid party and governance-watchdog groups. The order bars the government from naming a replacement in the interim. It is the first time an Israeli government has sought to fire an attorney general, underscoring the stakes in the broader battle over rule-of-law safeguards. The confrontation comes amid public protests and follows months of controversy over the coalition’s efforts to curb judicial oversight.