Ben Gvir Attacks Attorney General; Suspicion of Election Interference and Foreign Intervention

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National Security Minister and Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben Gvir accused Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara of thwarting a Shin Bet investigation into suspected election interference and foreign intervention. According to him, this is a "tangible threat to Israeli democracy."

According to Channel 14, Ben Gvir called for her to be prosecuted, and in the Religious Zionism party they demanded that Justice Solberg remove her from the investigation, if indeed the head of the Shin Bet claims she is thwarting it. Baharav-Miara rejects the claims and states that significant investigative steps were approved.

MK Yitzhak Kroizer called the attorney general a "criminal" and claimed she is acting to halt the investigation of suspicions of foreign influence in the elections. MK Tali Gotliv claimed she is acting to prevent the examination of allegations of irregularities in the elections.