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Netanyahu tells cabinet he lost faith in Ronen Bar after Oct. 7
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the cabinet that has met to vote on firing Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar that he lost faith in him after the October 7, 2023, Hamas assault on southern Israel.
“I have not had faith in the head of the Shin Bet since October 7th,” Netanyahu is quoted as telling the cabinet in remarks leaked to the Hebrew media.
“In the IDF they took advantage of the lull [in the fighting] to change the leadership, we need to do so here too,” he says, according to Ynet.
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