JERUSALEM, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Sunday against a government push to oust the attorney general, who has sparred with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nationalist-religious coalition over ‍the legality of its policies, court documents showed.

In March, the cabinet held a no-confidence vote against Gali Baharav-Miara, citing substantial differences between the government and the attorney general, who was appointed by the previous government.

But a panel of seven Supreme Court judges said on Sunday the established mechanism for ‌terminating the term of office of an attorney ‌general could not be changed, ruling that as a result the cabinet’s no-confidence vote was null and void.

Under the established mechanism to dismiss an attorney general, governments must

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