Ben Gvir accuses AG of ‘attempted coup’ against him, calls on PM to fire her

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir denounces Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his conduct as “an attempted coup” and calls for her to be fired.

Baharav-Miara sent a letter to Netanyahu this evening calling on him to considering firing Ben Gvir as police minister due to his repeated illegal attempts to intervene in police activity.

“The only ousting that needs to occur is the removal of the attorney general, who is trying to force the recusal of the prime minister and to fire a minister from his job due to political positions and policy implementation,” Ben Gvir writes.

Rumors have circulated that the attorney general could seek to have Netanyahu briefly recused from office while he is testifying in his corruption trial next month, though Baharav-Miara has never suggested any such move.