Benjamin Netanyahu says he will sack Israel’s domestic spy chief

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On Sunday, Benjasin Netanyahu said that he would dismiss one of the latest security officers in his post after the October October attack on the October E -October attack between the Prime Minister of Israel and the legal authorities of the country.

Netanyahu Shin Bet told the intelligence head of the intelligence agency Ronen Bar that he told him at an exciting meeting that he was removing him from the post, uninterrupted about an official decision after week.

In a recorded video statement, the Prime Minister said that he had “just a continued lack of confidence in” bar “over time.

Netanyahu added, “I am convinced that the move is very important to restore the organization, to achieve all the objectives of our war and to prevent the next tragedy,” Netanyahu added that Shin Bate’s role in the role of neglecting the role of Shin Bate is the October of Hamas October 21, 212.

However, the dismissed for the bar will deepen the division between Netanyahu and the country’s top legal officials.

Attorney-general Gallop In a statement on Sunday, Netanyahu instructed that he “He cannot dismiss your decision inherently and legal basis for your decision and your skills to deal with this subject are clear.”

In recent weeks, tensions between Netanyahu and the bar have increased due to the agency investigation on the previous lobbying work adopted by the allies at the Prime Minister’s Office for Qatar.

Netanyahu recently removed both Bar and Israel’s foreign spy agency Mossad, David Bernia, who discussed the ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza in Gaza, claimed that they were taking soft lines in the discussion and were unforgettable about the position of the media government.

Netanyahu has tried to blame his security chiefs for the surprise attack by Palestinian militants.

At that time the Minister of Defense, Yoav they could doThe military chief when was dismissed last November Harz Mahari Was forced to start this month.

Both officials, as well as Bar, took public responsibility for their role in the worst protection failure in the country’s history and said their intention to resign when time was appropriate.

Netanyahu has refused to decide on his shoulders, resign or set a date for a new election for more than 17 months.

In a disobedient statement on Sunday, Bar said that his public responsibility was “to continue my position in the near future because of the need for renewal of Gaza, the ongoing hostage discussion and” a number of sensitive investigations “.

He also blamed the October October attack at the foot of the Netanyahu government, which Bar had set a policy for several years before the attack on Gaza Hamas and neglected Shin Bate’s alertness.

“It is the first and foremost responsibility of the head of the Shin Bate to the owner of the head of Israel. The The The Prime Minister has the expectation of personal responsibility, whose purpose is opposed to the public interest, is basically wrong expecting, “Bar.

Government ministers praised the premiere move, saying it is a long concession, while opposition politicians on the other hand condemned it as undemocratic and illegal.

“Netanyahu has just dismissed Ronen Bar for one reason: ‘Qatar-Gate’ investigation. The The Netanyahu has once again puts his personal interests above the country’s well -being and its protection, “Opposition leader Yar Lapid writes on Social Media Platform X, he added that he would appeal to the Supreme Court removal of the bar.

This month, Netanyahu’s cabinet Bahrav-Miara himself started formal activities to dismiss himself and already indicated that they did not recognize the authority of his bench to prosecute the newly appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and constitutional.

The Hamas attack where the militants killed 1,220 people and took 20 hostages, and Israel spotted nine months’ mass-streets directly because of Netanyahu’s plan to monitor the country’s judicial organization.

Critics of reform have called it a occupation of the executive branch that will undermine the authority of the court and legal officers.