Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office will start interviewing replacements for Shin Bet head Ronen Bar today, multiple outlets report.
Four candidates have been summoned by the prime minister for the position. Later today, he will interview the former deputy Shin Bet heads, identified only by their first initial, “Mem” and “Resh,” and Shalom Ben Hanan, also a former top Shin Bet official, according to Ynet.
The fourth candidate, Eyal Tsir Cohen, a former division head in the Mossad and currently a researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, will meet with Netanyahu after his return from an overseas trip.
Yesterday, the High Court extended a freeze on the spy chief’s ouster but scrapped a prohibition on the premier reviewing candidates for the agency’s leadership.
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