{"id":263787,"date":"2025-03-21T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/israeli-pm-tries-to-sack-shin-bet-chief-amid-hostage-protests-but-top-court-blocks-move\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:31:11","slug":"israeli-pm-tries-to-sack-shin-bet-chief-amid-hostage-protests-but-top-court-blocks-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/israeli-pm-tries-to-sack-shin-bet-chief-amid-hostage-protests-but-top-court-blocks-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli PM tries to sack Shin Bet chief amid hostage protests – but top court blocks move"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet internal security service – a move temporarily blocked by the country’s top court.<\/p>\n

Israel’s government voted in favour of Mr Netanyahu’s proposal to sack Ronen Bar – despite thousands protesting against it and criticising the prime minister’s handling of the hostage crisis.<\/p>\n

But Mr Bar got a brief reprieve hours after the vote, as the Supreme Court said it was delaying the firing until an appeal could be heard no later than 8 April.<\/p>\n

The prime minister’s office had said Mr Bar’s dismissal was effective from 10 April, but that it could come earlier if a replacement was found.<\/p>\n

It would be the first time a head of Shin Bet has been sacked in Israel’s history.<\/p>\n

Israel’s attorney general has ruled that the cabinet has no legal basis to dismiss Mr Bar.<\/p>\n

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The cabinet vote came as thousands protested outside Mr Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Thursday over his handling of the hostage situation and his plans to fire Mr Bar.<\/p>\n

There were also protests calling for the release of hostages near his residence on Friday.<\/p>\n

“Instead of firing the head of the Shin Bet, just to avoid an investigation, I think that the prime minister should be involved in rescuing the last hostages there are left in Gaza to die,” said Michal Halperin, a protester.<\/p>\n

The prime minister is facing mounting pressure at home after resuming airstrikes in Gaza<\/a><\/strong> earlier this week, bringing an end to a fragile ceasefire with Hamas which had brought relative peace to the region for almost two months.<\/p>\n

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Announcing his plans to sack Mr Bar, Mr Netanyahu said he had “ongoing distrust”<\/a><\/strong> in the head of Shin Bet.<\/p>\n

Mr Bar, who has headed the agency since 2021, was until recently one of the senior negotiators for Israel with mediators in Egypt and Qatar.<\/p>\n

He was replaced by Ron Dermer, strategic affairs minister and a close confidante of the prime minister’s, because Mr Netanyahu believed he was too soft in negotiations and leaked information to embarrass the government.<\/p>\n

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Mr Bar accepted responsibility for his failure to prevent the 7 October attacks<\/a><\/strong> and had already indicated he would step down once all the hostages were freed and a number of sensitive investigations were completed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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