Overview
- The attorney general has formally petitioned the High Court of Justice to remove National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, arguing that prior attempts to restrict his actions through agreements and policies did not work.
- She told the court there are systematic and ongoing violations connected to Ben Gvir's ministry and cited police failures to respond to oversight inquiries as evidence that routine checks are breaking down.
- The attorney general also sent a separate letter to the government saying that after the Knesset was dissolved ministers must exercise restraint on substantive decisions to avoid creating irreversible facts.
- Ben Gvir rejected the petition publicly and sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the attorney general must be removed as a condition for his party joining a future coalition.
- The move escalates a wider dispute over limits on caretaker ministers and could affect police independence, law enforcement during an election period, and coalition negotiations if the High Court takes up the request.