Overview
- The conditional show-cause order requires Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to explain why he has not dismissed National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, without ordering a removal.
- The Supreme Court expanded the panel handling the case to nine justices, an uncommon step that underscores the case’s weight.
- Four petitions from left-leaning groups claim Ben-Gvir improperly interfered in police operations and appointments, and the attorney general supported issuing the conditional order.
- Ben-Gvir rejected the court’s authority and warned of a coup against his voters, while Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs denounced the move and signaled potential noncompliance.
- Coalition figures are weighing a rapid revival of the so-called Second Deri Bill to limit judicial intervention in ministerial appointments or dismissals, according to KAN Reshet Bet.