Unnamed sources in the Finance Ministry and senior Israel Police officials are formulating a plan to transfer funds directly to the police, bypassing the National Security Ministry headed by Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, according to N12 journalist Adar Gitzis. The reported initiative aims to circumvent the minister's alleged attempts to thwart the Police Commissioner.
Unnamed sources in the Finance Ministry and senior Israel Police officials are reportedly working on a plan to transfer funds directly to the police, bypassing the National Security Ministry headed by Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, according to N12 journalist Adar Gitzis.
The reported initiative aims to circumvent what the sources described as Ben Gvir's attempts to thwart the Police Commissioner. It comes amid an intensifying institutional struggle between the minister and professional echelons in both the Justice Ministry and the police.
As The Zioneer previously reported, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has sought Ben Gvir's dismissal over what she described as repeated violations of court rulings regarding police independence. The reported funding proposal, still in its formative stages, would represent an extraordinary step in Israeli governance — effectively routing budgetary authority over the police around a minister's portfolio.
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