Overview
- Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara asked the High Court to order Itamar Ben-Gvir’s removal and bar him from continuing as national security minister.
- Her filing asserts Ben-Gvir exceeded his authority and harmed the Israel Police’s independence and nonpartisan character by intervening in operations and appointments.
- The court previously ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to explain why he has not dismissed Ben-Gvir, and the attorney general criticized the prime minister’s silence as unlawful inaction.
- Netanyahu and other coalition figures rejected the attorney general’s move, arguing that removing the minister during wartime would be wrong and pledging that Ben-Gvir will remain in office.
- As the petitions head to an expanded panel hearing, Haaretz reported that Ben-Gvir plans to nominate his legislative adviser to the police’s top legal post despite lacking the required experience.