Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s absence from a cabinet meeting on Sunday morning sparked fresh calls for her dismissal by ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

According to leaked quotes published in various Hebrew media outlets, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir slammed Baharav-Miara for not appearing before the cabinet and also accused her of engaging in “selective enforcement.”

The attorney general’s office did not respond to a Times of Israel query as to why she did not attend the meeting.

Ben Gvir, who has been vigorously campaigning to have Baharav-Miara fired, was quoted as characterizing recent statements by opposition Democrats chief Yair Golan as “seditious and threatening” and arguing that the attorney general “doesn’t want to investigate” what he said were threats against the prime minister and other ministers.

“I don’t understand why the issue of impeachment [of the attorney general] isn’t raised,” Transportation Minister Miri Regev declared, urging Justice Minister Yariv Levin to bring up the issue immediately.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi agreed, calling for the cabinet to “send her home.” He  claimed that there was “an absolute majority here for impeachment.”

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