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Netanyahu determines new secret service chief despite protests
Israel’s head of government had plunged his country into a new crisis with the dismissal of the Schin Bet boss Ronen Bar. But mass protests did not prevent him from determining a successor.
Despite violent protests against the dismissal of the head of the domestic secret service, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu determined a successor. As the head of the government’s office announced, the former commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Eli Scharvit, will be successor to Ronen Bar as head of the Schin Bet secret service.
The government had decided at the beginning of the month to relieve cash, which triggered mass protests. The Supreme Court recently exposed BARS discharge with an injunction.
Netanyahu had justified BARS dismissal with a “lack of trust” in the secret service chief. The relationships between the two have been considered burdened for a long time. The Schin Bet investigates, among other things, against confidante Netanyahus for alleged relationships with Qatar. In addition to Egypt and the United States, the golfemirate is one of the among the among the indirect discussions with the Islamist Hamas, but is also considered a supporter of the terrorist organization.
In a further study of the secret service, Netanyahu hadn’t gone away well in a further study of the secret service on the mistakes that the massacre made in Israel on October 7, 2023 in Israel. The terrorist attack was triggered by the war in the Gaza Strip.
Despite the injunction against Bar’s discharge, the Supreme Court, according to the “Times of Israel”, allowed to interview successor candidates. According to the Prime Minister’s office, Netanyahu interviewed seven candidates. Scharvit’s candidacy is now being examined by a committee before the decision is presented to the cabinet. According to the media, it was the first time in Israel’s history that the government dismisses the head of the Schin Bet.
dpa
Source: Stern
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