"Had any of the minister's actions warranted a criminal investigation, the attorney general would have opened one immediately," wrote Israel's national security minister
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday accused outgoing Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara of trying to remove him from office over policy differences, in a written submission to the High Court of Justice ahead of a hearing on a petition seeking his dismissal.
“There is no basis for turning a minister’s tenure into a ‘legal question’ only because petitioners, or the attorney general, are dissatisfied with his actions,” Ben-Gvir wrote to the Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, denying accusations that he interfered in police work.
Ben-Gvir claimed Baharav-Miara in her prior submission to the court failed to cite a single concrete example of illegal interference in police investigations, unlawful directives or corruption in appointments.
