3) On 12.12.2023, we contacted the Attorney General following a document revealed by Ilana Dayan, in which a Central Command Major General warns that due to Minister Ben Gvir's directive, the police are not enforcing nationalist criminality by settlers against Palestinians in the territories. According to the publication, this policy was "imposed" on the police by the minister, and is not published for public criticism, does not reflect staff work, and was not made in consultation with the Attorney General or with the professional elements in the police.
In the appeal, attorneys Gil Gan-Mor and Roni Peli argued that to the extent that the minister's instruction to refrain from enforcing nationalist criminality by settlers or to prioritize it as low was issued, it is an illegal directive, as it was issued without authority and contradicts Israel's obligations under the laws of occupation. They further argued that this publication, to the extent that it is true, indicates the real risk of entrusting the authority to determine policy in the field of investigations to the Minister of National Security, as stipulated in Amendment 37 to the Police Ordinance, and it illustrates how a minister may turn the police into a tool for realizing his political vision. The association's petition against the amendment is pending.