Ronen Bar
The deputy director will fill Ronen Bar’s role until the government completes the appointment process of nominee Maj. Gen. David Zini.
“The government is neither authorized nor permitted to act contrary to the law,” wrote Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit.
Gaza’s entire population will be evacuated to the southern part of the Strip during the fighting and the IDF will stay in “every area that is taken,” the Israeli defense minister said.
The moves by Bar and the government are widely seen as being aimed at averting a possible constitutional crisis.
“After years on many fronts, in one night on the southern front, the sky fell. All systems collapsed. The Shin Bet also failed to provide early warning,” said the agency director, who will step down on June 15.
Ronen Bar’s claim that he “warned of war and alerted the entire system is false,” wrote the premier.
The Tikva Forum denounces Tel Aviv demonstration, says protesters are endangering the captives to topple the government.
The premier was not required to file an affidavit, but without one, the court could not address Ronen Bar’s allegations.
The Israeli secret service director, whose firing was blocked by the Supreme Court, has accused the prime minister of making illegal requests of him.
Forum of Heroism calls on Ronen Bar to honor reported pledge to resign, citing harm to public trust and national security if he remains in post.
“It was made clear to me that if a constitutional crisis arises, I must obey the prime minister and not the High Court,” wrote Ronen Bar.
The defendant, an employee of the agency, allegedly shared with her family details of the then-pending “Operation Arnon” hostage-rescue mission in Gaza.
