Israeli PM Netanyahu's party steps up pressure for Shin Bet head to go

Netanyahu’s party steps up pressure for Shin Bet head to go

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party accused the head of the domestic intelligence organization on Tuesday of turning parts of the service into "a private militia of the Deep State" and called for him to go amid a deepening political crisis around the agency. The accusation against Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, who is resisting an order for his dismissal, followed the arrest of a Shin Bet official on suspicion of leaking confidenti…

Israeli PM Netanyahu's party steps up pressure for Shin Bet head to go

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party accused the head of the domestic intelligence organization on Tuesday of turning parts of the service into \"a private militia of the Deep State\" and called for him to go, amid a deepening political crisis around the agency. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Netanyahu slams Shin Bet as 'Deep State militia'

Netanyahu reiterates “Deep State” accusations against the Shin Bet following arrest of agent who leaked intel on a secret political investigation. By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu republished a statement from his Likud Party on his Facebook page, asserting that the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) is acting in the interests of Israel’s “Deep State.” The Shin Bet has been transformed by Attorney General Gali …

The prime minister did not respond directly to the new affair involving the Shin Bet employee, but circulated a tweet by MK Hanoch Milbitsky, in which he claimed that Bar is using tools against citizens and journalists, and that he and those who supported him should be investigated. "He - and everyone who helps him - must go. Today."

PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SHARED A TWEET ON TWITTER ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON, TWEETED BY DEPUTY KNESSET SPEAKER HANOCH MILEVITSKY, CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO RONEN BARR, IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE NEW INCIDENT BEING INVESTIGATED IN SHABAK. “When members of the government and coalition members said unanimously that we had no confidence in Ronen Barr - we knew exactly why,” Milevicki said. “The head of an intelligence organization whose t…