The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on Monday denied Hebrew media reports that it conducted a secret investigation against the Israel Police and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s cabinet has voted to sack the head of the Shin Bet internal security agency in a move set to ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet voted unanimously in the early hours of Friday morning to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, the premier’s office announced. Bar’s final day will ...

Mr Bar was not supposed to end his tenure until 2026, and his sacking means he’s become the first Shin Bet chief in Israel’s history to be dismissed early. Mr Netanyahu had urged his cabinet ...

The proposal to dismiss Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet and with whom Netanyahu has often clashed since the start of Israel’s multi-front conflict in October 2023, was approved unanimously in a ...

By Isabel Kershner Reporting from Jerusalem The Israeli government around midnight on Thursday approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel’s ouster of the head of the Shin Bet domestic ...

When Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced this weekend that he was seeking to dismiss the top brass of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet, he claimed that it was down to a ...

The Shin Bet, which is responsible for monitoring Palestinian militant groups, recently released a report acknowledging its failures in the attack while also criticising Mr Netanyahu, stating that ...

Mr. Netanyahu’s plan to hold a cabinet vote on the future of Ronen Bar, the head of the agency known as the Shin Bet, was announced less than a month after his government announced a similar ...

Mr Netanyahu’s effort to remove Ronen Bar as director of the Shin Bet comes as the security service investigates close aides of the prime minister. Mr Netanyahu said he has had “ongoing ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday his intention to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, bringing to a head months of growing disagreements between the two men. The premier ...