AG rejects Ben Gvir’s appeal against appointments of several top police officials

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara shuts down an attempt by incoming police minister Itamar Ben Gvir to cancel the appointments of several top police officials, which were approved in recent days by Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai and the outgoing police minister, Omer Barlev.

The Otzma Yehudit party leader had argued that such appointments days before his expected entry into the post are illegitimate and may be an attempt to tie his hands.

Baharav-Miara replies that the appointments, including of a new chief of Border Police in the West Bank, were indeed “problematic” and should have been done only after seeking counsel with her office, and yet “the appointments have already entered into effect and are a done deal, and the ability to intervene legally is limited.”