The firing won't take effect until the High Court issues a ruling. Six organizations argue the attorney general's dismissal was unlawful, and legal experts expect the court to likely overturn it
'This is destruction on a scale not seen since World War II – not just in numbers, but in the erasure of entire living spaces and thousands of years of human and cultural heritage,' the petition states
The signatories include well-known Israel advocates as well as Jews who have held senior government positions in their respective countries. They urge the prime minister to take a stand against members of his own government whose hateful rhetoric threatens Jews worldwide