Netanyahu pulls decision to fire Shin Bet chief to avoid precedent-setting court ruling

According to him, the Israeli prime minister wanted to send the secret service to the opposition, demanding personal loyalty in case of a constitutional crisis. The firing of the head of Sin Bet was prevented by Israel's supreme court, which was swallowed up by a constitutional vortex while resolving a procedural dispute. Political divisions in Israel are deepening.

Israel revokes decision to fire security chief: court document

Israel's government said Tuesday it had cancelled a decision to fire domestic security chief Ronen Bar, a day after he announced he would stand down following weeks of tension with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "The government has decided to revoke its decision of March 20, 2025" to sack Bar, it said in a document submitted to the Supreme Court, a copy of which was obtained by AFP. The government's move to fire Bar, head of the Shin Bet sec…

In Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu's government has revoked its dismissal from Home Secretary Bar.

The Prime Minister's office told the Supreme Court that the legal proceedings under way against the decision of this dismissal "therefore no longer need to be." Public debate on this eviction could put the government in trouble.

The Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday abandoned plans to dismiss the head of the Israeli internal intelligence service (Shin Bet), Ronen Bar, a day after he announced that he would leave the post on...

The Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu refused Tuesday to send him to the head of the Israeli Internal Information Service (Shin Bet), Ronen Bar, one day after it announced that he would leave the post on 15 June, according to a court document, reports Le Soir daily.