Politics · Police appointmentsIsrael police appointments: Levy places about 15 officers without minister's signatureWritten November 14, 2026 at 12:25 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:00Israel Police Appointments.0:01Levy places about fifteen officers without minister's signature.0:07Police Chief Danny Levy puts senior officers to work without the minister's0:10signature.0:11The jobs include leadership of Israel's Police Prosecution Division, which directs0:15criminal charging policy.0:17Officers have taken on responsibilities while their formal appointments remain0:20unsigned.0:21Can those officers keep doing the jobs while the legal status of their placements is0:24disputed?0:25Israel's National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Jiver, refused to sign a group of0:29senior police appointments.0:30Levy moved officers into the selected posts anyway, using an arrangement called0:35operational attachment.0:36About fifteen senior officers had taken up their selected jobs by November13 .0:40They were carrying out the duties through operational attachments, with the0:44appointment process still incomplete.0:46That number describes the placements, rather than a settled current staffing count.0:50Levy's approach separated the work from the formal approval.0:53Officers could start exercising the responsibilities of their selected posts while0:56the minister's signatures were outstanding.0:58The alternative also left their rank promotions unfinished.1:01Levy ordered the placements, and Ben Jivere withheld the signatures.1:05Commander Dana Amit is the consequential named officer between those decisions.1:08The senior command staff selected her to lead the police prosecution division, and1:12she began doing that work.1:14Amit's predecessor, David Zamir, had finished his tenure.1:17The division then spent a period without a permanent commander before Amit began1:21carrying out the head's duties.1:22Her assignment put someone into that leadership role while her formal appointment1:25was still waiting for approval.1:27The division directs police prosecution policy and the filing of criminal1:30indictments.1:31Its leadership therefore reaches beyond police staffing.1:34The person directing this work helps guide a major part of the criminal justice1:37system, with consequences for defendants and criminal proceedings.1:40Police prosecutors reportedly file indictments against about ninety percent of1:44defendants in Israel, but T here is no current official breakdown or clear1:48measurement period confirming that share.1:50The division's substantial criminal prosecution role puts practical weight behind1:54the leadership dispute.1:55Subscribe to this channel as we follow whether these officers can keep their1:58assignments.1:59Levy said in private conversations, placing the officers in their posts was required2:03because of the organization's critical operational needs.2:06His justification was urgent staffing.2:08Key jobs needed people doing them while the appointments were held up.2:12He also said, Nothing will deter the police from continuing to fulfill its duty to2:16protect public safety.2:17But the legal objection reaches the method he chose.2:20The Attorney General challenged promotions proceeding without the required2:23ministerial approval.2:24Levy then pursued attachments that allowed officers to work without completing those2:28promotions.2:29Some officers reportedly received cancellation notices on November twelfth after a2:33legal opinion rejected the attachment route too.2:35Yet about fifteen officers had taken up their selected jobs by November13.2:40Those two developments leave their continuing status unclear.2:43Levy had informed Ben Javer and the affected officers about the attachment2:46arrangement.2:47The cancellation notices concerned some officers.2:50The legal objection hasn't been resolved by an identified court judgment, and the2:54later description of officers working doesn't explain whether cancellations were2:57reversed or different officers were affected.3:00Ben Javar also accused Levy of trying to please the left after the elections and of3:04acting unlawfully against ultra-orthodox people.3:06Levy's office rejected those allegations.3:09Ben Jivar hasn't explained his refusal to sign this particular group of appointments3:12or Amit's individually.3:14The officers began exercising their assigned responsibilities, but whether all can3:18continue remains unresolved.3:19For Amit, nobody has confirmed a cancellation naming her.3:22Her formal appointment still awaits Benjavir's signature, leaving the prosecution3:26division's continuing leadership tied to the unsettled attachment arrangement.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
