Israeli PM Netanyahu's party steps up pressure for Shin Bet head to go

Reuters - 15/04
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party accused the head of the domestic intelligence organization on Tuesday of turning parts of the service into "a private militia of the Deep State" and called for him to go, amid a deepening political crisis around the agency.
JERUSALEM, April 15 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party accused the head of the domestic intelligence organization on Tuesday of turning parts of the service into "a private militia of the Deep State" and called for him to go, amid a deepening political crisis around the agency.
The accusation against Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, who is resisting an order for his dismissal, followed the arrest of a Shin Bet official on suspicion of leaking confidential information to journalists and a government minister.

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Shin Bet, which handles counter terrorism investigations, has been at the centre of a growing political battle pitting Netanyahu's right-wing government against an array of critics ranging from members of the security establishment to families of hostages in Gaza....
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