WEST BANK (Dispatches) – 
Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his decision to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, citing a lack of trust between them, Anadolu has reported.
“I have decided to propose the dismissal of Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar,” Netanyahu said in a video statement released by his office.
“At all times, and especially during an existential war like this, there must be complete trust between the prime minister and the head of Shin Bet.
“Unfortunately, the opposite is true—I no longer have that trust,” he added.
The regime will review the proposal on Wednesday, according to Israel’s Channel 12.
Tensions between Netanyahu and the Shin Bet have escalated following the agency’s internal investigation into the Oct. 7, 2023 operation against the Zionist regime by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas. Netanyahu dismissed the report’s findings, saying they failed to answer key questions.
The investigation’s findings prompted opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz to demand an apology from Netanyahu, accusing him of deflecting blame.
Lapid labeled Netanyahu’s latest decision “shameful” on X, accusing him of “losing his nerve and eroding values.” He charged that the prime minister prioritizes personal interests over national security, a jab at Netanyahu’s efforts to cling to power.
“All his slander and attempts to shift blame won’t help—he’s the primary one responsible for the Oct. 7 disaster,” Lapid said, vowing to challenge the move in the Supreme Court.
Several military and intelligence officials have resigned over the failures of Oct. 7, but Netanyahu refuses accountability.
Channel 12 reported that the regime’s legal adviser, Gali Baharav-Miara, requested a meeting with Netanyahu to discuss the dismissal.
Meanwhile, Yair Golan, head of the opposition party, called it a “war on Israel” on X, alleging that Netanyahu aims to silence investigators probing his circle.
“As inquiries widen and expose shady ties, he grows hysterical, inciting, firing and threatening to neutralize law enforcers,” Golan said, pledging fierce resistance.
Benny Gantz, another opposition lawmaker and former war cabinet minister, warned on X that sacking Bar “directly harms security” and risks fracturing the Zionist regime for political gain.
Communications minister Shlomo Karhi, from Netanyahu’s Likud party, backed the move on X, calling Bar a “dictator under a security guise” whose tenure threatens the occupying regime.
Far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, the leader of the Jewish Power party, also hailed the move on X, saying “better late than never” and urging the right to emulate U.S. President Donald Trump in dismantling the “deep state” to restore public trust.