Schin Bet: Israel’s secret service chief Bar clears his position on June 15th

Israel’s right -back government has long wanted to dismiss the domestic secret service manager – now Ronen Bar has announced his resignation. He would clear the post on June 15, he said in the evening. He cited the failures of his authority during the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023 in Israel as the reason. He had previously declared his intention to want to resign, but has not yet committed himself to a time.

Israel’s government decided to dismiss the domestic secret service manager in March. However, the Supreme Court later decided that the Schin-Bet boss must remain in office for the time being.

Netanyahu had justified the dismissal of Bars by losing confidence in cash after the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, 2023. The decision triggered mass protests, also because many people in the state of Netanyahu accuse that they themselves have not taken on personal responsibility for the political and military failure during the massacre in order not to endanger his power.

In an investigation by the secret service on the mistakes that made the terrorist attack in Israel possible, Netanyahu’s role was also critically highlighted.

Critics also accuse Netanyahu of being in a conflict of interest, because the Schin Bet investigates, among other things, against familiar Netanyahus for possible illegal relationships with the Arabic Gulf state of Qatar. In addition to Egypt and the USA, the Emirate is one of the indirect discussions with Islamist Hamas, but is also considered a supporter of the terrorist organization.

Bar emphasizes that he will continue to appear in the current procedure of the Supreme Court, which deals with the independence of the authority.