Shas chairman Aryeh Deri responded sharply to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir after Ben Gvir accused him of failing to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. Deri said the claim that Shas protected her is a repeated lie, noting that all Shas MKs signed a demand for her dismissal. He said the attorney general has effectively been fired for a year and placed responsibility for the morning's severe police violence on Ben Gvir as the minister in charge of the police.
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri has publicly rebutted National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's accusations that Shas failed to push for the attorney general's dismissal. In a statement released to the press, Deri said: 'Itamar, a lie repeated over and over does not become truth. It remains a lie. We supported firing the anarchist attorney general from day one, we demanded her dismissal and all Shas MKs signed that demand.' He then turned the attack back on Ben Gvir, noting that the attorney general has been effectively fired for a year and that Ben Gvir bears ministerial responsibility for police violence that occurred this morning. The exchange widens a long-running tension within the coalition between Ben Gvir's Otzma Yehudit and Deri's Shas over pace of judicial reform and control over law enforcement. As The Zioneer reported earlier Wednesday, Ben Gvir had earlier accused Deri of flattering the attorney general at the Haredi public's expense.
3 developments
- StrongProtesters disperse, Highway 4 reopens; Deri warns Ben Gvir over police violence
- DevelopingShas MK Yoav Ben-Tzur accuses police of selective enforcement against Haredi protesters
- StrongShas MK Azoulay denounces police violence in Knesset speech
- StrongDeri attacks Likud, says Arab MKs value Torah more than some coalition lawmakers
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