Likud MK Withdraws Controversial Bill Threatening Attorney General's Role

Likud MK Eli Dallal has announced that he will withdraw his bill to split the position of the attorney general, stating that he never intended to advance it in the current Knesset. The bill, which generated outrage from the opposition and anti-government protest groups, had been advanced through a preliminary bureaucratic step in the Knesset. Dallal would need the agreement of all 10 cosponsors of the bill to withdraw it. The right-wing has long sought to split the attorney general position, arguing that it combines too much power in one individual.