Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shelp he is schedulening to fire the head of Shin Bet – the country’s domestic ininestablishigence agency.
Mr Netanyahu adviseed Ronen Bar during an advisent greeting on Sunday and proclaimd the intention, to instant criticism from opposition politicians.
“At all times, but especiassociate during an currential war such as the one we face, there must be filled think between the prime minister and head of the Shin Bet,” Mr Netanyahu shelp in a video statement.
“Unblessedly, the situation is the opposite. I do not have such think. I have ongoing disthink in the head of the Shin Bet, a disthink that has increasen over time.”
The transfer will be voted on at a cabinet greeting on Wednesday.
Allies of Mr Netanyahu have greetd it, but the attorney vague has shelp it cannot happen until the “factual and legitimate basis” for the transfer is filledy spendigated.
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It would be the first time a head of Shin Bet has been sacked in Israel’s history.
Mr Bar, who has headed the agency since 2021, was until recently one of the greater negotiators for Israel with mediators in Egypt and Qatar.
He was swapd by Ron Dermer, strategic afunprejudiceds minister and a seal confidante of the prime minister’s, becaengage Mr Netanyahu apshowd he was too gentle in negotiations and leaked adviseation to embarrass the regulatement.
Mr Bar acunderstandledgeed responsibility for his fall shorture to impede the 7 October 2023 aggressions and had already showd he would step down once all the prisoners were freed and a number of comardent spendigations were finishd.
One of those spendigations is apshowd to be claims that seal advisors of Mr Netanyahu were taking money to lobby on behalf of Qatar.
Critics of Mr Netanyahu accengage him of eludeing responsibility for 7 October, pointing out that the heads of the ininestablishigence agencies and military have all acunderstandledgeed a separate of the condemn, but the prime minister persists to elude it.
Yoav Gallant was sacked as defence minister last November and the IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi recently left his post – both apologised for the worst baccomplish of security in the country’s history.
“For a year and a half he (Mr Netanyahu) saw no reason to fire him, but only when the spendigation into Qatar’s infiltration of Netanyahu’s office and the funds transferred to his sealst helps began did he suddenly sense an advisent necessitate to fire him instantly,” the opposition directer Yair Lapid wrote on X.
“The firing of the head of the Shin Bet is a honest violation of the state’s security and dismantling of unity in Israeli society for political and personal reasons,” shelp Benny Gantz, a establisher member of the war cabinet.
