Responding to the move by the attorney general to freeze the Israel Police’s decision to oust the body’s legal adviser, Police Commissioner Daniel Levy hits back, saying he is not required to consult with her on such matters.
“I am not familiar with any legal obligation to consult with the attorney general before appointing a senior officer in the police force,” writes Levy in a letter to Gali Baharav-Miara that was leaked to the press.
“Your request represents a de facto usurping of my authority,” he adds.
Yesterday, Levy announced he was dismissing Elazar Kahana, the force’s top legal adviser, from his post, a move that Baharav-Miara then said she was blocking, amid a larger, growing spat between the Israel Police and the Attorney General’s Office.
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