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The Israeli Cabinet voted to throw the head of Shin Bet internal Security, in motion, which is likely to intensify the stand-off between the government of Benjamin Netanyahu and the legal authorities of the country.
In the first hours of Friday, the cabinet differed in thousands of protesters outside the Prime Minister of the Prime Minister in Jerusalem, and unanimously voted on the release of Ronen Bar after Netanyahu said he had lost confidence in his domestic boss.
“The Ronen Bar will end its role as Shin Bet Head 10. April 2025, or when a permanent head of Shin Bet is named – depending on what comes first,” Netanyahu's office said in a short statement.
The tension between Netanyahu and Bar has since been destroyed by Hamas's devastating attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which is widely considered to be the worst security and intelligence failure in Israeli history.
Netanyahu tried to avoid the public investigation of events that led to Hamas's attack, trying to blame for the debacle for his security chiefs. Herzi Halevi, the head of the army, was forced at the beginning of this month.
Like the other higher security officials who were in post 7 October, the bar that joined the office in 2021 recognized the responsibility for the failure that allowed the attack and indicated its intention to resign before the end of its term.
However, he also accused Netanyahu of failure, and this week he issued a defiant statement claiming that the governments of Netanyahu have defined policy towards Hamas for years before the attack and ignored the Shin Bet warnings.
The tension between these two men has also deteriorated in recent weeks, as Shin Bet has carried out an investigation into a lobbying named Qatar, which allegedly made assistants in the Prime Minister's office.
Netanyahu rejected this probe as politically motivated. But in a letter to ministers published by the Israeli media, he warned on Thursday evening that ejection could now “endanger” an investigation that he, he believes, will be the danger to Israel's security.
Netanyahu announced its intention to remove the bar SundayChoosing the Israeli Prosecutor Gali Baharav-Miara-Kardée is also trying to release Netanyahu-to launch the Prime Minister that he could not do so “until your decision and your ability to deal with this matter and your ability to deal with this matter”.
However, the government rejected the Baharav-Mary warning, when the government secretary accused her of “exceeding her authority” in a letter published by Netanyahu's office on Thursday.
The spit over Bar's departure comes in the middle of a wider clash between Netanyahu's far -right government and Israeli judicial and legal authorities that began when the government started to reduce the jurisdiction of the judiciary in 2023 and has spread again in recent weeks.
Netanyahu's Minister of Justice refused to recognize the power of the new head of the Supreme Court, whose appointment by the government delayed for more than a year in the hope of the installation of another denominator. The Government also develops legislation aimed at providing more control over the appointment of the Supreme Court judges.
At the same time, he seeks to remove the Baharav-Miar, the Supreme Legal Clerk of the country who has repeatedly encountered the government on issues from political appointments to judicial overworking.
The plan for a bag with a bar has triggered protests for a week, with tens of thousands of people joined tens of thousands of people in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Tuesday and Wednesday and police clashes clashed with demonstrators near Netanyahu's house during the next protest on Thursday.
Aharon Barak, former head of the Supreme Court, said he was afraid that the withdrawal between the government and the Israeli legal and court institutions could create a disastrous crack in Israeli society.
“In the end, I am afraid it will be like a train that comes out of songs and plunges into the abyss causing civil war,” Yet said in an interview with the Israeli website. “We must prevent the tyranny of the majority.”
