From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Likud: Shin Bet chief, AG turned security service into ‘private militia of the deep state’
Commenting on the classified leak affair, the ruling Likud party says Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara have turned the security service into a “private militia of the deep state that undermines the rule of law and the foundations of democracy.”
In a statement, the Likud says that under Bar and Baharav-Miara, the Shin Bet “arrests and interrogates journalists, blackmails a police officer with threats, and launches futile political investigations against ministers and Knesset members from the coalition — all intending to prevent Bar’s dismissal.”
“The political investigation must end immediately,” the Likud says, demanding that Bar leave his post, and adding that Shin Bet members who do their job “deserve” a different boss.
The Times of Israel Community.