Netanyahu, President of Shen, is expected to launch a bet, despite the protests

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from Israel, set up his government late Thursday to agree to topple the head of the Local Intelligence Agency in Shane Hanhan, a move that led to an increase in the number of a deeply divided state in the war.

But in a flagrant challenge to Mr. Netanyahu, President of Shane Hanhan, Ronin Bar, refused to attend the night meeting because of his dismissal. Instead, he sent a sharp message addressed to the government stating that the process was illegal and that the Prime Minister’s motives were “mainly defective.”

An attempt to shoot at Mr. Bar in the country’s Supreme Court will be appealed.

The clash comes a few days after Mr. Netanyahu He announced his intention to launch Mr. BarQuoting the lack of personal confidence between them, and he pays Street protests In Jerusalem.

It also comes after the Israeli army He resumed a deadly campaign In Gaza, which caused anxiety among many Israelis about the destinies of hostages, who are still being held in the pocket. Warning sirens A missile fire from Gaza The Israelis in the Tel Aviv area on board the cover on Thursday were sent for the first time in months.

Shin is deeply shared in the Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza, providing intelligence and targets. Under the law, the agency was also assigned to protect Israeli democracy.

In his message, Mr. Bar rejected the idea that any lack of personal confidence between him and Mr. Netanyahu affected the agency’s work, and said that the Prime Minister did not provide any concrete examples that would justify his dismissal or allow him to compete with him in an appropriate hearing.

Mr. Bar also suggested that an attempt to overthrow him was aimed at undermining “the serious cases achieved by the shin betting at this time.” For several months, Mr. Bar, Mr. Netanyahu, angered by investigating Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office On the demands of the documents that were leaked and work with people connected to Qatar. Mr. Netanyahu denied any violations.

The dispute between Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Bar goes to the heart of a broader battle that plays about the nature and future of the democracy of Israel and the rule of law. Critics of the ruling coalition of Mr. Netanyahu, who is the most right and religious conservative in the history of Israel, accuses her of working to reduce The authority to monitor the independent state To remove checks and balances on the powers of the government, which carries a narrow majority in Parliament.

It also sparked a plan to shoot at MR. Bar based on personal confidence in general concerns that future dates may mainly depend on loyalty to the Prime Minister.

Thousands in Jerusalem protested on Wednesday in anticipation of this step, and more protests occurred on Thursday. By lunch time, a long column of academics walked in the stormy weather from a university campus from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem towards one of the residences of Mr. Netanyahu, and hit the drums, chanting, “democracy!” And go out with police officers after trying to penetrate a barrier.

Some prominent opposition figures joined the demonstrators. Video footage of the scene of the accident was shown Pushing the demonstratorsIncluding Yair Golan, former Vice President of the Army and now the leader of the Democrats in the center, which ended on the ground. The police used a water cannon and sprayed the demonstrators with an unpleasant smell liquid in an attempt to disperse them.

The new protests remember weekly Demonstrations in 2023 Against the attempts to reform the judiciary to reduce its authority as the government’s verification, with business leaders joining at one point joining the business unions for a national strike. These protests suddenly stopped with the Hamas -led attack on southern Israel that sparked the war on October 7, 2023, although the wide sense of national solidarity that prevailed at the time is now tense.

Mr. Netanyahu and his allies were charged with overtaking against the judiciary and other independent branches, saying that they had impeded the freedom of the government to make decisions and represent the will of the voters.

Mr. Netanyahu was under investigation into the police At trial on charges of corruption, Who denies. He has repeatedly accused a liberal “deep state” of conducting a charming chase against him and his family.

Shane’s bet Investigation of officials in the Prime Minister’s office The allegations that they leaked secret documents to the media and also worked with people connected to Qatar, an Arab country near Hamas. The investigation, called “QATARGATE” in the local media, continues to secrete a sweeping gag.

Mr. Netanyahu denied committing any violations and his office rejected this episode as “fake news”. The Qatari government did not respond to suspension requests.

Mr. Barr, who has led Sheen Hanhan since 2021, said in a previous general statement that the expectation of “personal confidence” was in opposing the public interest.

Mr. Bar and Shin Bet took responsibility for their role in the failure of the intelligence that led to an attack led by Hamas, which led to the bloodiest one day for the Israelis since the founding of their states in 1948.

But in a summary of the agency’s internal investigation in its behavior issued earlier this month, Shen has also referred to years of government policy facilitating Hamas and Gaza as a major contributing factor, making Mr. Netanyahu a contributing factor.

The emergence of Mr. Netanyahu is a common issue with President Trump in strong support for the US administration The explicit social media publication Late Wednesday.

He wrote: “In America and Israel, when a strong wing leader wins in the elections, The Lasefist Deep State is the weapon of the judicial system to thwart the will of people.” “They will not win anywhere! We are standing together.”

Billionaire Elon Musk, close ally of Mr. Trump, He answered with red expressive symbols “100”This indicates that he agreed with Mr. Netanyahu.

Many Israelis view the country’s democracy as increasingly fragile. There is no official written constitution in Israel, only one legislative room and a president whose role is often festive and symbolic.

The current president, Isaac Herzog, issued a Video statement On Thursday, in which he warned of unilateral actions that he may harm social cohesion and the flexibility of Israel.

Mr. Herzog specifically mentioned the government or the overthrow of Mr. Bar, but in reference to the new communication notifications sent to thousands of reserve soldiers, he said: “Our children cannot be sent forward and at the same time to make controversial moves attract the nation deeply.”

By taking the vote directly to the government on Thursday, Mr. Netanyahu was also challenging a legal opinion from the Prosecutor, Galle Baharav Mayra, who advised that Mr. Barr should be approved first by a consulting committee that supervises the higher appointments.

Mrs. Baheraf Mayara, who was appointed by the previous government, often clashed with the current current. Prisoners in the Council of Ministers told Mr. Netanyahu that after the removal of Mr. Bar, the public prosecutor will be the next.

Jonatan Reese In Tel Aviv, Mira Novik In Jerusalem and Sheikh Ahmed Al -Gharraf In Haifa, Israel, it contributed to the reports.