Israel PM accuses safety chief of investigating minister with out his consent

Folks participate in a protest in opposition to strikes by the Israeli authorities to fireplace the Legal professional Basic Gali Baharav Miara and the dismissal of prime safety company chief, Ronen Bar, on Monday, March 24, 2025.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday (March 24, 2025) accused Israel’s inner safety chief, whose dismissal was blocked by the Supreme Courtroom, of investigating far-right Nationwide Safety Minister Itamar Ben Gvir with out his consent.

“The declare that the Prime Minister authorised Shin Guess chief Ronen Bar to collect proof in opposition to Minister Ben Gvir is one more uncovered lie,” Mr. Netanyahu stated in an announcement issued by his workplace.

He was responding to a report that Bar’s company had spent months investigating far-right infiltration of the police and its hyperlinks to Ben Gvir.

“The printed doc, which incorporates an specific directive from the Shin Guess chief to collect proof in opposition to political leaders, resembles darkish regimes, undermines democracy and goals to deliver down a right-wing authorities,” the assertion added.

Ben Gvir reacted on X, calling Bar a “prison” and a “liar” who was “attempting to disclaim his tried conspiracy in opposition to elected officers in a democratic nation, even after the paperwork have been uncovered to the general public and the world”.

On Friday, Israel’s Supreme Courtroom froze the federal government’s unprecedented resolution to sack Bar, a transfer that deepened political divisions within the nation.

It got here hours after the federal government, probably the most right-wing in Israel’s historical past, backed Netanyahu’s proposal to dismiss Bar, with the prime minister saying he had misplaced confidence in him.