(March 22, 2025 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu maintained on Friday that his government has the authority to dismiss the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief, while insisting that the heated debate over the issue would not deteriorate into a civil war.
“There will be no war between brothers! The State of Israel is a state of law, and according to the law, the government of Israel decides who will be the head of the Shin Bet,” Netanyahu wrote on X.
Netanyahu's remarks came after some hi-level opponents to Netanyahu's government mentioned civil war in their statements.
His comment came on the backdrop of the temporary injunction issued by Israel’s Supreme Court, which prevents the director of the Shin Bet Ronen Bar from being removed, as well as remarks by former president of the Supreme Court Aharon Barak warning of a looming civil war.
