Populists vs. Spies in Israel and Beyond
Over a year and a half after the Oct. 7 attacks, the Israeli government is embroiled in an unprecedented institutional clash with the nation’s internal security agency, also known as Shin Bet. For the first time in the country’s 77 years, the government voted to dismiss a head of a secret service. And against the backdrop of this unprecedented move, that outgoing director, Ronen Bar — while still on duty — publicly leveled serious accusations against a sitting head of government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, acting in flagrant defiance of the Supreme Court’s ruling of the dismissal as unlawful, is The post Populists vs. Spies in Israel and Beyond appeared first on War on the Rocks.
Over a year and a half after the Oct. 7 attacks, the Israeli government is embroiled in an unprecedented institutional clash with the nation’s internal security agency, also known as Shin Bet. For the first time in the country’s 77 years, the government voted to dismiss a head of a secret service. And against the backdrop of this unprecedented move, that outgoing director, Ronen Bar — while still on duty — publicly leveled serious accusations against a sitting head of government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, acting in flagrant defiance of the Supreme Court’s ruling of the dismissal as unlawful, is
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