In Netanyahu's sights, the head of the Shin Bet announces his resignation
The head of the Israeli state's domestic intelligence service, Ronen Bar, who has been locked in a standoff with the Prime Minister, has announced that he will step down on June 15. The Israeli press is speculating about the outcome of this case, which has already reached the Supreme Court.
Is this the end of the saga that has kept Israel on tenterhooks for over a month? On April 28, the head of the domestic intelligence service, Ronen Bar, announced that he would step down on June 15. This came after weeks of legal and political wrangling with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On March 21, the government initiated proceedings to dismiss Ronen Bar on the recommendation of its leader, who said he had “lost confidence” in him, “blaming him for the failures of October 7 [2023],” recalls The Times of Israel website .
The proceedings, which were immediately suspended by the Supreme Court , sparked widespread protests across the country against what protesters saw as a sign of the power's autocratic drift. Ronen Bar had challenged the referral to the Supreme Court, arguing that Netanyahu was "seeking to oust him for personal and political reasons," before launching a lawsuit to that effect that was widely covered by the Israeli press last week.
In the lawsuit, Ronen Bar said in a sworn affidavit that Netanyahu demanded “personal loyalty” from him, which
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