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Thursday, June 5, 2025
Ben Gvir at right-wing rally: I’ve been asking PM to fire attorney general for two years
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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir says he has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for two years to fire the attorney general over what many ministers say are obstructionist measures against the government.
“In the past two years, I requested from our dear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — let’s fire her, let’s send Gali Baharav-Miara home,” he tells right-wing demonstrators outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem.
“We support the prime minister and call on him to ignore the invalid instruction of the attorney general, and to ensure that Maj. Gen. David Zini will be the next Shin Bet director,” he says.
“We can’t end the war without victory, occupation, settlement, and the encouragement of voluntary immigration [of Gazans],” Ben Gvir adds, reiterating the goals of several right-wing ministers in the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.
Baharav-Miara told Netanyahu in March that his conflict of interest prevents him from being involved “directly or indirectly” in appointing a new Shin Bet chief, and that to speedily replace outgoing Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, he must delegate the authority for recommending a candidate to another cabinet minister.
The Times of Israel Community.