A rise in cases of femicide, homicide, traffic-related deaths and car theft are just some dubious records set on the watch of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. But he can claim one success: turning the Israel Police into an organization whose officers’ only aim is to please him
Jerusalem, January 2023. Journalists and senior police officers crowd the plaza of the Public Security Ministry, as it was called then, for the ministerial handover ceremony.