Ben Gvir: It's Time to End Netanyahu's Trial and Investigate the Prosecution
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir claimed that Netanyahu's trial has become a "trial of the prosecution," and accused the prosecution of fabricating cases and attempting a governmental coup. Ben Gvir called for ending the…
Assessment
A senior Israeli minister is publicly calling to halt an ongoing criminal trial of the prime minister and to investigate the prosecutors instead. This escalates a political attack on the legal system from within the government itself. The demand frames the trial as a coup attempt, which shifts the debate from evidence to institutional legitimacy. Watch whether other coalition members echo this call or distance themselves from it.