Gantz pressed, the attorney general retracted her decision, and changing the open-fire regulations will not come to a vote: Contrary to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's claims, changing the open-fire regulations were not even on the agenda of the government that met earlier today (Monday).
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In fact, not only because of the objections of the attorney general, who did not submit her opinion, but also because the government is still waiting for the Defense Ministry's position, which has not yet arrived. According to government sources, the issue will be put to a vote only after the two required opinions on the issue are received. In addition, according to Ben-Gvir, Minister Benny Gantz himself has an objection to the issue that was submitted to the government, but he is not alone, and other ministers are also expected to oppose it if and when the issue comes to a vote.
Ben-Gvir will wait
The attorney general withdrew her agreement to bring the change to the open-fire regulations to a vote in the government, a change that Minister Ben-Gvir was supposed to put to a vote, after Gantz pressed not to put the requested changes to a vote. Today, as noted, Minister Ben-Gvir was supposed to put the decision to a vote, after an agreement was reached between him and the attorney general.
Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara (archive), photo: Yehuda Ben Yattach
According to her proposal, the advisor agreed and eventually retracted it, in the event of multi-front incidents in which roads for military convoys are blocked, or in the event of a siege on a civilian community and denial of medical treatment to its occupants, the open-fire regulations will be eased so that the district commander can order permission to fire live ammunition at the legs.
The attorney general agreed to this change last Thursday, but in recent days pressure has begun from left-wing organizations that attacked Minister Ben-Gvir for relaxing the procedures. Yesterday, the Cabinet Secretariat informed Minister Ben-Gvir that Benny Gantz opposes the proposal and torpedoed raising the proposal at this time. In addition, at the same time, the attorney general withdrew her consent, and therefore the prime minister decided not to put the proposal to a vote.
Sources close to Ben-Gvir said today: "The 'concept gang' controls through the war cabinet and torpedoes any fundamental change. What deters Guardian of the Walls today is the determined activity of the Israel Police, which handles every manifestation of Arab incitement with a very heavy hand. In the event of a theater-wide war, the police must be given tools in the face of the most difficult extreme scenarios."
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