Israeli cabinet sacks head of Shin Bet intelligence agency

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Israel’s cabinet has voted for the dismissal of Shin Bate’s internal security agency, and the Benjamin Netanyahu government and the legal authorities of the country are likely to intensify the position.

Thousands of protesters outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem denied the protesters, who were unanimously voted for dismissing the Cabinet Ronen Bar early Friday, saying that Netanyahu had lost confidence in his domestic spy chief.

Netanyahu’s office said in a brief statement, “Ronen Bar will end the role of Shin Bate Head on 10 April, 2025 or when the permanent Shin Bet’s head is employed – which comes first,” Netanyahu’s office said in a brief statement.

The October October of Hamas October 21, the attack on Netanyahu and the bar has become the same from the attack on Israel, which is widely seen as the worst protection and intelligence failure in Israel’s history.

Netanyahu has fought to avoid public investigation about the events that continued in Hamas and tried to blame for this disappointment on its security chiefs.

October, like the other senior security officials in the post on October E -October, acknowledged the failure of the attack in 2021, and indicated the desire to resign before his expiry.

However, he also accused Netanyahu of failure, issued a dispute statement earlier this week and argued that the Netanyahu government had defined Hamas’s policy for years before the attack and neglected Shin Bet’s alertness.

In recent weeks, tensions between the two have also increased because Shin Bet investigated the investigation in favor of Qatar, which was alleged to be conducted by associates at the Prime Minister’s Office.

Netanyahu has dismissed the investigation as politically inspired. However, in a letter to the ministers published by the Israeli media on Thursday night, he warned that he could “be in danger” to dismissed him now, which he said that there would be danger to protect Israel.

Netanyahu declared his intention to remove the bar SundayIsrael’s attorney-general Gali Baharav-Miara-whom Netanyahu is trying to dismiss-to warn the Prime Minister that he cannot do that “your decision has the underlying truth and legal basis and the skills of your deal with this matter.”

The government, however, rejected the Bahrav-Miara alert that the government secretary alleged that he was “more than his authority” in a letter published by Netanyahu’s office on Thursday evening.

Netanyahu’s far -right government and Israel’s judicial and legal authorities have come up with a wide -ranging conflict, which began with the controversial effort to limit the power of the judiciary in 2021 and flowed again in recent weeks.

Netanyahu’s Justice Minister has refused to recognize the authority of the new Supreme Court, whose appointment has delayed the government for more than a year, hoping for separate appointments. The government is also advancing the laws designed to provide more control over the appointment of the Supreme Court judges.

At the same time, it is trying to remove Baharav-Miara, the most senior legal officer in the country, who has repeatedly clashed with the government on the issue from political appointment to judicial overhall.

Thousands of people joined the rally in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Tuesday and Wednesday, and police clashed with protesters near Netanyahu’s house during another protest on Thursday morning.

Former Supreme Court chief Ahran Barak said he feared that the position between the government and the legal and judicial departments of Israel could create a catastrophic discrimination in Israeli society.

In an interview to Israel’s website YET, he said, “In the end I fear that it will be like a train that turns the tracks and becomes a civil war,” “” We need to prevent the oppression of our majority. “