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Outgoing police minister says bill to expand powers ‘will destroy police’
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File: Public Security Minister Omer Barlev speaks during a conference in Herzliya, October 2, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Outgoing Public Security Minister Omer Barlev says the bill to expand the portfolio’s powers under incoming minister Itamar Ben Gvir “is unwarranted and will destroy the Israel Police.”
Speaking at a Labor party conference, Barlev says the bill that will make the police chief fully subordinate to the minister “will shatter the independence of police” and “make it entirely controlled by politicians, leaving police a puppet on a string.”
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