Netanyahu, Bar set on collision course the moment Hamas invaded - analysis

Jerusalem Post - 21/04
Tensions between Netanyahu and Bar grew after October 7, as differing views on the war shaped a rift in Israel’s leadership.

It would be easy to get lost in the disparate chronologies and smaller sensational narrative points of the battle between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar, thereby missing the big picture: from the moment Hamas took hostages on October 7 and the moment Netanyahu decided that, despite that disaster on his watch, he would not resign and would seek reelection, he and Bar were on a collision course with history.

There are a number of issues relating to the rule of law that possibly determined the final timing of their public breakup, and I analyze those issues in a separate article, but the broader October 7 and hostages issues made a clash of the titans inevitable.

Normally, the head of the Shin Bet is one of the closest advisers to the prime minister.

He not only protects the country from terrorism, but also is responsible for the prime minister's personal protection and his agents experience t...
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