The discussion with Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara during the weekly Cabinet meeting became heated after data was presented showing that very few indictments have been made in the ongoing anti-government protests.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded the data on indictements against those who were arrested during the protests,
The attorney general forwarded the data to Deputy Superintendent Yoav Talem, Deputy Head of the Intelligence and Investigations Division in the police, and he replied: "six indictments out of 572 arrested, only for assaulting police officers."
Ben-Gvir and Justice Minister Yariv Levin asked: "how many were investigated on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime following the organization of the riots", and Talem replied "not a single one". In response, Ben-Gvir attacked: "Simply a disgrace. There is no enforcement."
Minister Miri Regev addressed the attorney general and said: "Ben Gurion Airport is not a public area, it is an important security area for the State of Israel. I will not accept under any circumstances damage to the area and Israel's aviation routine and blockades of any kind. I request an end to the selective enforcement, politics and personal opinions should be left out of consideration."
Regev further stated that the data presented at the meeting showed why the attorney general should be dismissed from her position.
Information Minister Galit Distel-Atbaryan said at the meeting that "selective enforcement is evil" and questioned why protests outside ministers' homes were being allowed now when limitations were placed on the holding of protests outside former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's Ra'anana home.
The organizers of the 'Kaplan Force' protest movement responded, "The attack that the attorney general is currently undergoing is a direct continuation of the planned attack on the rule of law in the State of Israel, by the government of destruction. The demand for police violence, and the use of governmental tools to suppress the protest, while delegitimizing the gatekeepers, are an essential part of the coup. This was the case in Hungary, Turkey and Poland. Next Tuesday we will go out to defend Israeli democracy. If the government doesn't stop, the state will."