Citing a 'persistent personal and professional distrust' of spymaster, PM moves ahead with anticipated sacking despite Baharav-Miara's objections, probe into his aides' Qatar ties ...

As Netanyahu moves to oust Ronen Bar, the Shin Bet chief pushes back, vowing to stay until key investigations, including 'Qatargate,' are completed. Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen ...

Ronen Bar beat out the most recent former deputy Shin Bet chief before him, known as “R,” in the mainly two-way race in October 2021. Prior to June 2021, during Benjamin Netanyahu's former ...

Mr. Netanyahu’s plan to hold a cabinet vote on the future of Ronen Bar, the head of the agency known as the Shin Bet, was announced less than a month after his government announced a similar ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will bring a vote to the government to dismiss the director of the Shin Bet domestic security service. In a statement from Netanyahu’s office on Sunday ...

By Isabel Kershner Reporting from Jerusalem The Israeli government around midnight on Thursday approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel’s ouster of the head of the Shin Bet domestic ...