AG tells High Court that Ben Gvir has violated commitment not to interfere with police

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara tells the High Court of Justice that National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has violated commitments he made to the court not to interfere in operative police policy relating to protests and investigations, and to ensure that the police remained politically neutral.

“Despite the minister’s commitment to the honorable court to act in accordance with the principles that were formulated in his agreement as a guarantee for upholding the law, the principles are being violated and the law is being violated,” the attorney general tells the High Court.

“This is being done in a manner that will further harm the proper, professional and politically neutral activities of the police,” the attorney general added, and called on the court to schedule an urgent hearing on the case.

The attorney general’s submission to the High Court was made as part of proceedings over previously submitted petitions asking the court to order Ben Gvir removed from office for unlawfully interfering with operative police policies, appointments and investigations.

In April, the attorney general and the far-right minister agreed on a set of core principles with which he would comply, and which were submitted to the court, in order for Baharav-Miara to agree to defend Ben Gvir in the High Court of Justice against the petitions.