Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday morning that he was backtracking on his decision to appoint Vice Adm. (res.) Eli Sharvit as the next head of the Shin Bet, just 24 hours after it was announced. Netanyahu’s office said that the prime minister met Sharvit on Monday evening to ...
Tensions are high in the Zionist entity as Israeli officials trade accusations over Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, whom Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pressing ahead with proceedings to sack him. In his latest accusation against Bar, Netanyahu claimed that Bar investigated far-right so-called National Security Minister Itamar Ben ...