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Likud minister defends Shin Bet chief: ‘Works around the clock’ for Israel’s security
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Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel arrives for the customary photo of members of the new government, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel joins Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in defending Shin Bet Ronen Bar, after a pair of coalition lawmakers railed at him for reportedly warning that terrorist acts by Jewish Israelis are fueling Palestinian terrorism.
Gamliel, like Gallant a member of the ruling Likud party, slams the “grave” comments against Bar, who she says “works around the clock for the security of Israel” along with other Shin Bet agents.
“Our lives in the country are made possible thanks to the great efforts of the security forces. We must grant them clear support and condemn the attacks against them,” she adds in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
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