In a letter to the Minister of Justice, Deputy Minister of Public Security writes: "The move is requested in light of the harsh allegations made to the unit" • Nissenkorn: "I will decide after a dialogue with the relevant parties"

• Deputy Minister of Public Security, Gadi Jibrakan // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

Will this be the next crack between Likud and Blue? Deputy Interior Minister Gadi Jibrakan (Likud) requires Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn (blue-and-white) to resume the activities of the government investigation committee for the conduct of the police investigation department. NissanCorn's predecessor, Amir Ohana, has been appointed to set up the committee, which is now also backing Yabarkan.

In a letter he sent to Nissenkorn, Yabarkan argues, among other things, that now that a new government has been formed, the committee should be set up. Jibrakan associates say that if the Minister of Justice does not advance the establishment of the committee, it will force its establishment in a government bill backed by the Prime Minister and Minister Ohana. One of the conditions for Jibran's joining the Likud was the establishment of the DIP Review Committee. About a week before his appointment, Jabarkan, then a full-fledged MK, put on the Knesset a bill for dismantling the DIP and turning it into a civilian body headed by a retired judge. Police officers will not employ police officers.

However, earlier in his tenure as Minister of Justice, Ohana worked to establish a government review committee to examine the department's functioning. At the beginning of February this year, the government approved the establishment of the committee, and it also began to act, but following petitions filed by the High Court, the petitioners frozen, among other things, the petitioners and the attorney general with them, saying that there is legal impediment to establish such a committee during an election period. Elections.

"Well, the elections are behind us," Yabarkan argues in a letter sent to Nisencorn on Tuesday, "and the committee's work is still being requested ... In recent years, we have witnessed many serious allegations about the conduct of the DIP, whether investigations are underway, whether decisions are being made to open or not to open. In the investigation, on the ongoing conduct and more. "In the letter, Ybrakan notes that the State Comptroller's report from 2017 found that a tiny proportion of complaints filed in the MIP mature into an indictment, only about 3 percent.

In his letter, Ybrakan also refers to a hearing this week in the Internal Affairs Committee dealing with the presence of media crews in demonstrations, and claims that "absurdly DIP employs three police officers who are police officers, despite the fact that it was designed to investigate the police itself and should be completely cut off from it."

Yibrakan's associates believe that if the DIP does not go through a reorganization, the American script will come to Israel. Yabarkan said that "when complaints of unjustified violence by a handful of police officers go unjustly treated, or alleged criminal offenses by individual police officers are not investigated. Sufficiently, this would tarnish tens of thousands of police officers who do their job with great dedication. "

On behalf of Minister Nissenkorn, it was stated: "The Minister is examining the matter and will decide it after a discussion with all relevant parties."