Cassif was charged for a filmed May 2022 altercation in which he can be seen beating an Israel Police officer.
The AG's instructions come after coalition funds have been debated continuously over the course of the last month.
The government established the spyware committee on August 23 to investigate the "Pegasus affair," in which NSO's Ciphon malware was used to infect over a thousand phones.
Eleven justices will preside over the case. The bench was expanded from three judges following the first hearing on August 3.
"The amendment to the Basic Law was made... with the aim of influencing [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's] pending legal proceeding."
The judiciary is set to suffer a shortage of 53 judges by the end of the year.
The High Court has never struck down a basic law amendment, and it is hotly contested if it has the power to do so.
The justice minister said that the attorney general’s legal position was in extreme contradiction to that of the government.
During the interview, Fogel also accused former prime minister Ehud Barak of "organizing a mutiny...he should be sitting in prison."
Abu Latif, 64, and his son, 24, served as operatives of a criminal organization. Police alleged that they preyed on local businesses, demanding protection fees.
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