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TV report: Shin Bet chief was not invited to ministerial meeting on hostages yesterday
Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, attends a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks, at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery, May 13, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/ Pool via REUTERS/ File)
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar was not invited yesterday to a meeting between ministers on the issue of the hostages, Channel 12 reports.
Bar has been absent from several important security-related meetings since he was fired by the government in March, which cited a breakdown in trust with the agency’s head.
The unprecedented ouster — which came amid a high-profile, ongoing Shin Bet investigation into several of Netanyahu’s close aides — was immediately challenged. The court ruled two weeks ago that, while a compromise is being sought on the procedure used to fire Bar, he cannot in the meantime be removed from his position.
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