Netanyahu’s office: AG’s call to fire Ben Gvir ‘inconceivable,’ he will stay in office

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office calls Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s request of the High Court to remove National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir “inconceivable.”

“It is inconceivable that in the midst of an existential war against Iran, led by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,” Baharav-Miara is calling for the removal of Ben Gvir, says the PMO, noting that he “is responsible for internal security during the war.”

The attorney-general’s request “undermines the foundations of democracy, shatters the principle of separation of powers and contradicts Basic Law: The Government,” argues Netanyahu’s office.

Ben Gvir, insists the PMO, “will continue to serve in his position.”

Baharav-Miara based her request on the argument that Ben Gvir “systematically undermined the independence of the police.”