Israel High Court orders Netanyahu to justify keeping Itamar Ben Gvir as National Security Minister amid petitions over alleged police interference. Right, so Benjamin Netanyahu has just been told by Israel’s High Court: stop dodging, put it in writing, explain why Itamar Ben Gvir is still in charge of the police. And if that sounds like a niche legal story, it isn’t, because this is the part of the state that decides who gets hauled off the street, who gets protected, who gets punished, and who gets left alone. So when the court forces the prime minister to justify keeping a minister accused of leaning on policing like it’s his personal lever, that’s the system testing whether it can still restrain its own government. Now here’s the bit to watch for, because it’s the part that makes Netanyahu dangerous and weak at the same time. He can’t fire Be ...