Government urges High Court to withdraw injunction freezing Shin Bet head’s ouster

The government submits a message to the High Court of Justice demanding that it rescind the injunction issued earlier this month temporarily freezing the dismissal of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, Hebrew media reports.

The opinion is filed as an addendum to a legal opinion filed by a lawyer for Boaz Miran, brother of Gaza hostage Omri Miran and a member of the hawkish Tikva Forum.

The government argues that delaying the implementation of the firing “deals a critical blow to the fulfillment of the goals of the Shin Bet.”

It cites the recent revelation about the head of the Shin Bet’s Jewish Division being recorded saying he authorizes arrests without evidence, as well as the recent arrest of a Shin Bet member suspected of leaking classified material to politicians and journalists.

This raises the possibility of “actions committed in conflict of interest, with miscarriage of justice, using draconian measures for purely personal purposes,” the government alleges.

“The continuation of a situation in which a failed security agency head, whom the government has unanimously vote no-confidence in, continues to serve under an interim judicial order, is a governance anomaly and is a danger to national security. Every day, the danger is growing and the damages of the situation accumulate.”