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Netanyahu rejects ex-Shin Bet chief's demand, insists only his national re
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a state commission to investigate the October 7 failures, insisting a broader national review is the only way to gain public acceptance. He acknowledged "a huge failure" but said his government's approach would ensure a comprehensive and credi
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Israeli PM Netanyahu appoints new Shin Bet chief despite injunction
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Despite a temporary injunction against the dismissal of Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief Ronen Bar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named Vice-Admiral (ret.) Eli Sharvit, former head of the Israeli Navy as the new security chief.
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Israel: High Court issues temporary order against sacking Shin Bet head Ro
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Israel's High Court of Justice issued a temporary order on Friday, preventing the removal of Shin Bet's chief Ronen Bar, hours after the Cabinet voted overnight to remove him by April 10 at the latest.
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Cabinet fires chief of Israeli security agency
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet has unanimously voted to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar. The decision, announced in the early hours of Friday morning, marks the first time in Israeli history that the government has fired the head of the domestic security agency (Shin Bet).
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Israeli Cabinet votes to remove Shin Bet's head Ronen Bar
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The government of Israel unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to end Shin Bet's head, Ronen Bar's term in office, the Israeli PM's Office announced on X on Friday.
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Netanyahu to ask for termination of Israel's anti-terror chief 'due to ong
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Prime Minister Netanyahu is meeting Sunday evening with Shin Bet (Israel's anti-terror General Security Service) head Ronen Bar. Netanyahu has informed Bar that he will bring a resolution to the government this week calling for Bar's termination.
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"Good progress" in talks on freeing hostages and Gaza ceasefire: Qatari PM
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"We are in much better place than where we were a few weeks ago," the Qatari PM said at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC.
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CIA, Mossad, Qatar PM lead high-stakes talks in Paris on Gaza hostage rele
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The closed-door talks involve key figures such as CIA Chief William Burns, Mossad Chief David Barnea, Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Thani, and the head of Egyptian Intelligence Services Abbas Kamel.
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Senior Israeli security leader accuses Knesset member of outing and slande
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Bar said Gotliv posted on X "false details about events that supposedly took place before the outbreak of the war [in Gaza], including a delusional claim about acts committed by an employee of the General Security Service."
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October 7 attack: Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar to resign after war with Hamas
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar will be resigning from his position at the end of the war in Gaza over the 'intelligence failures' ahead of the deadly Hamas onslaught on October 7, Times of Israel reported.
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Musk speaks to Israeli security chief on providing Internet in Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Tesla CEO and 'X' owner Elon Musk spoke to Israeli security agency Shin Bet's head Ronen Bar about providing internet in the war-torn Gaza via Starlink satellite network, Israel-based tech news website, mobile.mako reported.
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Israel's former PM takes responsibility for failures leading to Hamas' Oct
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Naftali Bennett served as Israel's prime minister from June 2021 to June 2022.
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