In a letter sent to Netanyahu, excerpts of which were published by the Arutz Sheva news portal, five former commissioners and 33 former superintendents warned that Ben Gvir ‘is acting contrary to the powers granted to him by law’.

The minister interferes in the decision-making process of operational events and uses the body for his political purposes, the signatories denounced, including former commissioners Roni Alsheikh, Shlomo Aharonishki, Asaf Hefetz, Rafi Peled and Moshe Karadi.

We were recently informed that the official ordered the officers to continue demolishing Palestinian buildings in Jerusalem during Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, they highlighted.

In this regard, they stressed that anyone who has led the police during that period as a Jerusalem district commander or as a commissioner knows that demolishing Palestinian structures in Ramadan ‘is throwing a match lit on fire.

It is a barrel of gunpowder, which in the best case can bring us the third Intifada and in the worst case ignite an unnecessary fire with the Muslim world, they said.

Historically, Israeli authorities abstained from anti-Palestinian measures during that month to avoid a major conflict in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Known for his rhetoric against Palestinians and Arabs, Ben Gvir is a strong supporter of the annexation of the West Bank.

Before becoming a member of parliament, he kept for years in his living room a picture of Baruch Goldstein, who murdered 29 Palestinians in the Cave of the Patriarchs, in 1994.

The minister was indicted in the past more than 50 times and convicted eight times for rioting, vandalism and incitement to racism.

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