Knesset advances bill to make internal police investigations subordinate to Justice Ministry

A discussion and a vote in the Knesset plenum on February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
A discussion and a vote in the Knesset plenum on February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The Knesset votes 62-52 to advance legislation that would move the Police Internal Investigations Department to within full control of the Justice Ministry.

The bill, submitted by Likud MK Moshe Saada, a former deputy head of the PIID, will now move to a committee before returning to the plenum for three more readings before it can become a law.

The legislation is linked to an overall push by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to make the Israel Police more subordinate to the government.

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