National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir will go before the High Court on Wednesday morning as it weighs petitions calling on him to be fired.

The hearing, which was postponed due to the war with Iran, is the culmination of a monthslong effort to oust the far-right politician. Late last year, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara endorsed petitions calling for the court to order Ben Gvir’s termination.

The attorney general has argued that Ben Gvir, whose ministry oversees the Israel Police, inappropriately infringed on the force’s independence and broke an agreement he reached with her. That compromise, meant to fend off the petitions seeking his dismissal, barred Ben Gvir from involvement in antigovernment protests or determining criminal investigations, while limiting his involvement in police appointments.

Baharav-Miara has since called on the court to order Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire Ben Gvir. The reasons she cited in a filing on Tuesday, ahead of the hearing, also include Ben Gvir’s repeated attempts to obstruct the promotion of Rinat Saban, a police detective involved in Netanyahu’s graft trial.

But the premier has refused to can Ben Gvir and on Sunday called the attempt to force out the minister “unconstitutional.”

Ben Gvir has likewise remained defiant ahead of the hearing, labelling the attempt to dismiss him “delusional and antidemocratic.”

Wednesday’s hearing sits at the intersection of two related long-running firestorms. The first is the fierce conflict between Baharav-Miara and the coalition, which attempted to fire her last year but was blocked by the court. Baharav-Miara has clashed repeatedly with Ben........

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