Ben-Gvir claims attorney general is blackmailing police commissioner Danny Levy

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir claimed that Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara is exerting pressure on Police Commissioner Danny Levy and "blackmailing" him. According to him, the commissioner changed his policy after a year and a half. The minister said in the interview with 103FM that "he stopped my policy after a year and a half", and that "she is pressing him, she screams at him in meetings".

Ben-Gvir claimed that the commissioner is "being blackmailed and threatened" over alleged building violations at his home, and that "he was a commissioner who carried out the government's policy". He added: "Google it, it's not so complicated to understand why the commissioner turned his coat 180 degrees".

The minister also attacked Commander Boaz Bluth, head of the Police Internal Investigations Department, calling him "a fraud, a liar" and accusing him of acting on the attorney general's instructions. He additionally referred to suspicions of interference in the elections and the high voter turnout in the Arab sector. The police declined to comment, and police spokesman Arie Dorron did not respond to a request on the matter.