US EditionHigh Court to Hear Petitions Urging Netanyahu to Fire Ben-Gvir, Testing Limits of Ministerial Power
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High Court to hear petitions urging Netanyahu to fire Ben-Gvir, testing limits of ministerial power
At stake is not only Ben-Gvir’s future in office, but a broader constitutional line: how far a minister charged with setting policy may go in pressing the police on certain issues.
The Minister of Homeland Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, figure of the Israeli far right, was taken on Tuesday at Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, on the eve of a hearing on motions to dismiss him.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has issued a sharp criticism of the High Court of Justice and the Attorney General ahead of the hearing to be held tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at the Supreme Court regarding his removal from office. "Tomorrow morning, the High Court of Justice will discuss the delusional and anti-democratic request to remove me," the minister wrote on social media. According to him, "the fired advisor Gali Bahar Meara…
Ahead of the High Court hearing on the dismissal of Minister Ben Gvir from his position: Attorney General Gali Baharav Meyara clarifies her position again and mentions the minister's recent series of interventions in police work that, in her opinion, endanger the organization's independence and democracy.
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