Amid High Court petitions to dismiss Ben-Gvir as national security minister over his interference in police, the government declared on Sunday that it will not abide by a High Court ruling on Israel's commercial broadcast regulator: the first such explicit refusal
Ben-Gvir was scheduled to head a National Security Ministry delegation to the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit 2026. Sources said that, despite initial plans to attend, the ministry decided not to send a delegation
The request to arrest and prosecute Israel's far-right national security minister comes just over a week before he's planned to take part in a UN conference on policing ■ The group alleges that Ben-Gvir 'used his authority to enact a policy of systematic torture, murder, abuse and forced displacement' of Palestinians
According to the organization, Ben-Gvir bears direct responsibility for “war crimes, systematic torture policy in prisons, abuse, murder, rape and incitement to genocide.”
Ben-Gvir is not expected to encounter any difficulties entering the U.S. on his way to the UN conference, but Israeli officials are concerned about NYC officials' likely opposition to his arrival • Ben-Gvir previously said the UN has 'lost its moral compass'
The far-right Israeli minister was set to travel to Miami to attend the wedding of an Israeli businessman's daughter. Haaretz previously reported that Ben-Gvir sought to have the businessman fund the trip before agreeing to pay for it himself after criticism from the state comptroller
Far-right Israeli minister Ben-Gvir asked for approval for a family trip to the United States funded by businessman Yaakov Elharar, citing the wedding of Elharar's daughter as the purpose of the visit. According to a legal source, he withdrew the request after receiving the state's response
Prosecutors in Rome are investigating allegations including kidnapping, torture and sexual assault; Ben-Gvir, who filmed himself taunting the activists, dismissed the probe as the work of 'lying terror supporters'
Ireland urged the EU to sanction Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, while advancing legislation to restrict trade with West Bank settlements. The move comes amid mounting criticism of Israel's handling of detained activists from the Gaza flotilla the IDF took over last month
A principles document signed by Ben-Gvir and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara prohibits the minister from intervening in police operational discretion, stating he 'will not give instructions or otherwise intervene' in operational decision-making or exert any indirect influence
Chief Superintendent Reut Rosenberg, a senior police legal officer, said in her petition that the national security minister has blocked her promotion for ten months without explanation. Rosenberg is the third officer whose promotion Ben-Gvir has rejected
In 2021, Netanyahu said that Ben-Gvir would never serve as a minister under him. Yet when the political crunch came a year later, he appointed him to a senior cabinet post in a fateful political decision
The video shows the activists kneeling on a metal floor in an unshaded area while Israel's anthem is playing and armed Border Police officers watch. Later in the video, a woman is heard pleading and screaming, as Ben-Gvir says, 'Don't be bothered by their screams'
AG warns of urgent need to halt the far-right minister's harm to civil liberties and democratic order via police interference; outside the supreme court, a Netanyahu minister says 'the time has come for a constitutional crisis,' as Ben-Gvir fires back: 'I was elected to govern'
Police and the Central District commander said the remark constituted a 'political statement' that breached procedures, even though Ben-Gvir has 13 criminal convictions, including offenses related to supporting a terror organization
Last month, Haaretz reported that Ben-Gvir used the police, the prison service, and officers for prohibited political electioneering in two videos – one when he appeared on a police boat promoting his death penalty law and another filmed in the security prisoners' wing at a prison
Last month, Haaretz reported that Ben-Gvir used the police, the prison service, and officers for prohibited political electioneering in two videos – one when he appeared on a police boat promoting his death penalty law and another filmed in the security prisoners' wing at a prison
Ben-Gvir has yet to promote the lead investigator in one of Netanyahu's corruption cases, despite Police Commissioner Danny Levy recommending her advancement
Earlier this month, the attorney general asked the High Court to order Netanyahu to dismiss the far-right minister over political interference in police work. The hearing on petitions against Ben-Gvir is scheduled for later this month
The suspect was arrested, handcuffed and blindfolded on Channel 14 News as heavily armed forces raided his home in a Jewish-Arab city in central Israel. Ben-Gvir told cameras, 'No one who incites against the state will be spared.' A court criticized the police for staging a 'media arrest'