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Sunday, March 16, 2025
Gantz: Ronen Bar’s dismissal a direct blow to security, dismantles Israeli unity
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
National Unity chairman Benny Gantz calls Shin Bet head Ronen Bar’s dismissal “a direct blow to the security of the state and the dismantling of unity in Israeli society for political and personal reasons.”
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman condemns the move too, declaring that if Prime Minister Netanyahu “had fought Hamas with as much determination as [he is] fighting the Shin Bet chief, the Attorney General’s Office and the judicial system, the holocaust of October 7 would have been prevented.”
Former IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi “is out, Ronen Bar is on the way, and now it’s the turn of the one at the top of the pyramid — the prime minister of October 7,” he adds.
