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Shin Bet chief said to reveal that he’s no longer part of hostage negotiating team
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/File)
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar revealed in a recent conversation that he is no longer part of Israel’s hostage negotiating team, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
His apparent ouster follows reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking to fire him entirely.
The two have sparred from the start of the war, particularly over the hostage talks, during which security chiefs have argued that Netanyahu has allowed political considerations to seep into his decision-making in ways that prevented an agreement from being reached earlier on.
