From Top cop, AG slam Ben Gvir for blocking promotion of officer involved in PM’s graft trial
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Supt. Rinat Saban speaks on police matters in a video distributed by the Israeli police in late 2021 (Israel Police)
In court filings, Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levy and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara heavily criticize far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for blocking the promotion of a police officer involved in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial.
The filings are included in a petition to the Jerusalem District Court filed by Supt. Rinat Saban, a high-ranking officer in the police Investigations and Intelligence Division, against Ben Gvir’s decision, which Levy warns “may sow fear among investigators who testify in criminal investigations.”
Baharav-Miara says Ben Gvir’s refusal to promote Saban is “unprecedented and raises serious concerns” that the move “derives from outside political considerations.”
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