Government to High Court: Bid to force Ben-Gvir’s dismissal unlawfully invades PM’s authority
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
Published: 2026-04-12 18:33 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Crime & Justice, Defence, Middle East, Law & Courts, World News, Crime & Justice
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The petitions seeking to compel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are themselves an unlawful attempt to transfer core executive authority from the elected government to the court and the attorney-general, the government and Netanyahu argued in a joint response to the High Court of Justice on Sunday.
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