During the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs said there is no precedent for firing a minister without an indictment. To do so would \u201cbreak the system\u201d and signal \u201cthe end of democracy,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n
Despite the absence of an indictment, Limon insisted that Ben Gvir has harmed the independence of the police force over the course of his term.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast night, a citizen was shot in Tarabin<\/a> and Ben Gvir didn\u2019t investigate but immediately backed [law enforcement]. This is interference in an investigation,\u201d Limon said, as quoted by Ynet, adding that it is \u201cnot the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tGet The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition \t\t\t\tBy signing up, you agree to the terms<\/a><\/p>\n The legal official was interrupted by Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel, who accused him of simply being \u201cfed up\u201d with Ben Gvir.<\/p>\n Netanyahu responded to Limon by calling his comments \u201csimply embarrassing.\u201d He vowed that the far-right minister\u2019s sacking \u201cwill not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n \t Ben Gvir, who was present at the meeting, turned the allegations of interference back on Limon, calling him a \u201ccriminal\u201d for an email he sent regarding the Sde Teiman leak investigation.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we are [discussing] interfering in investigations, you are a criminal,\u201d Ben Gvir claimed. \u201cYou interfered in an investigation you shouldn\u2019t have in the case of the military advocate general.\u201d<\/p>\n Ben Gvir accused Limon of interference for asking via email when the investigation would end, while having a potential conflict of interest in the case.<\/p>\n In December, Baharav-Miara endorsed petitions calling for Ben Gvir\u2019s dismissal over what she characterized as his routine violation of a legally binding compromise the two agreed upon last year<\/a> in which he agreed to strictly limit his involvement in police matters.<\/p>\n She has on several occasions accused the far-right minister of exercising undue influence over the police, a force meant to operate independently, without pressure from elected officials.<\/p>\n Baharav-Miara last week implicated Netanyahu in her High Court filing, demanding judges issue an interim injunction to\u201d transfer the burden of proof\u201d to the premier, which would force him to explain why Ben Gvir should be allowed to continue in his role of national security minister.<\/p>\n \t Among other things, she accuses Ben Gvir of promoting harsher policing against anti-government protesters; ordering police to refrain from protecting aid trucks bound for Gaza that were being attacked by right-wing Israelis; and unilaterally changing the status quo regarding the Temple Mount, which Muslims revere as the site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and where Jews are prohibited from praying publicly.<\/p>\n Ben Gvir, for his part, has maintained that he is fulfilling the will of the voters who elected him and branded the attorney general a \u201ccriminal.\u201d<\/p>\n
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