The police chief abolished the obligation of police officers to salute Supreme Court justices and government ministers, but left the obligation to salute Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Josh Breiner revealed in Haaretz.
Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai on Tuesday changed the police order and abolished the obligation to salute Supreme Court justices and government ministers at ceremonies and events, but one minister remains obligated to salute: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
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Earlier this week, a series of new police orders signed by Police Commissioner Shabtai were published, including the "Salute the Israel Police" order. The ordinance, which is under the chapter dealing with the rules of conduct, regulates the procedures for salutes - when to salute and to which persons.
The original 2019 ordinance defined a duty to salute a "civil state person." The list included symbols of government, including the prime minister, the speaker of the Knesset, government ministers, Supreme Court justices, and state officials visiting Israel from foreign countries.
As noted, the new order excludes judges and ministers from the list except National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. At the same time, in the text of the new ordinance, the heads of the security organizations were added to the list of duty to salute: the IDF Chief of Staff, the Commissioner of the Prison Service, the heads of the ISA and Mossad, and the Commissioner of the Fire and Rescue Organization.
The "Free in Our Land" campaign headquarters responded to the change in the police order: "The records of megalomania and aggression of the failed minister in the history of Israel are being broken every day. The convicted criminal and supporter of terrorism, a disciple of Rabbi Kahane, the man who incited the assassination of a prime minister and planted a picture of mass murderer Baruch Goldstein in his living room, demands that the police not salute anyone but him. He derives his power from the Prime Minister of Destruction, who only yesterday wretchedly announced that he would boycott the state memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin.
"We have seen an upside-down world, a world in which every bastard is king and this world we are determined to fix. We will make sure that Ben-Gvir and his ridiculous tenure in the government of destruction remain a grotesque footnote in the history of the State of Israel."
The Israel Police said in response: "As is customary from time to time and in parallel with updating additional orders and procedures, the ordinance that is the subject of your request was updated under the guidance of the Chief of the Human Resources Department. The police commissioner instructed those involved in preparing the ordinance to reexamine it and formulate recommendations within a week on this matter."
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