As Netanyahu moves to oust Ronen Bar, the Shin Bet chief pushes back, vowing to stay until key investigations, including 'Qatargate,' are completed. Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen ...

Ronen Bar beat out the most recent former deputy Shin Bet chief before him, known as “R,” in the mainly two-way race in October 2021. Prior to June 2021, during Benjamin Netanyahu's former ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday his intention to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, bringing to a head months of growing disagreements between the two men. The premier ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to appoint former Navy commander Vice Adm. (res.) Eli Sharvit as the next head of the Shin Bet instead of Ronen Bar, whom the cabinet voted to dismiss ...

Israelis have been demonstrating against the action, which many see as part of an effort to reduce checks on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government. By Isabel Kershner ...

The effort is part of a dispute between Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing alliance and its opponents about the nature and future of the Israeli state. By Patrick Kingsley Reporting from Jerusalem ...

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When Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced this weekend that he was seeking to dismiss the top brass of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet, he claimed that it was down to a ...

Israel’s cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire the country’s domestic intelligence chief, defying thousands of protesters who rallied against his removal and ...