A “viciated” appointment process. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attracted the anger on the part of Opinion and Justice by announcing this Thursday, May 22, the name of the new head of Shin Bet, the internal intelligence service in Israel on Thursday, May 22.
A position entrusted to the General of the David Zini division, veteran of the Elite Sayeret Mathal unit, or even the founder of the command brigade. Currently, head of the training command within the Israeli army and the head of the body of seniors, he significantly wrote in March 2023 a report that exhibits the defects of the Israeli army in case of “surprise incursion” in Israel from the Gaza Strip. Seven months later, Hamas led his bloodiest terrorist attack that led to the territory of the Hebrew State.
An attack that significantly motivated Benjamin Netanyahu to decide on the dismissal of the last March of Ronen Bar, the former head of Shin’s commitment to whom he criticized for not having managed to avoid Hamas’ terrorist acts. A margin that ronen bar challenged, with the intention of having legal action.
In a statement under the oath, he had incriminated the prime minister in April, claiming in particular that he had asked him for personal loyalty and ordered that Espiara anti -government protesters, that Benjamin Nentayah had described as a “lie of Asoli.” In addition, Ronen Bar also said that Benjamin Netanyahu had asked him to delay his judgment for corruption. The Shin bet then investigated the relatives of the Israeli prime minister suspected of having touched Qatar’s bribes.
The dismissal of the ex-shin bet “contrary to the law”
The Israeli Supreme Court judged on Wednesday “contrary to the law” the decision taken by the Netanyahu government to dismiss Ronen Bar. If the Israeli executive finally stopped making this decision the day after the announcement of Ronen Bar of his resignation on June 15, it is about the principle of this dismissal that Justice has spoken on Wednesday, May 21.
Cetail Fallas committed by the Government in accordance with the Supreme Court, the sentence evokes “irregularities” in the process, as well as the “abandonment of fundamental principles with respect to the internal security service.” Taking note of the resignation of Ronen Bar, the court ruling specifies that “this announcement ends the procedure.”
Therefore, the State Attorney General, Gali Baharav Miara, had forbidden Benjamin Netanyahu to appoint a successor to the renuncant chief of Shin’s bet. Arguing a “conflict of interest” of the prime minister in this case, he had justified his decision by relying on the trial of the Supreme Court and considering “contrary to the law” the dismissal of the Ronen bar.
This Thursday night, he reacted to the appointment of David Zini denouncing a “vitiated” appointment process. Benjamin Netanyahu has camped in his line saying that he intended to propose a government candidate for the government.
An appeal filed in the Supreme Court
The head of the Israeli opposition, Yaïr Lapid, said in X that the Israeli prime minister “has a serious conflict of interests regarding the appointment of the head of Shin’s bet.” In addition, he called David Zini to “not accept this appointment” at the head of the shin, provided that justice “has not ruled on this case.”
The movement for a quality government, an NGO that fights for political transparency in Israel, said on Thursday night its intention to challenge this appointment before the Supreme Court.
“This is a crucial evidence for the rule of law in Israel,” writes the NGO that announces that “it will not remain indifferent to this shameless approach.” “In the next few days, we will present a new appeal before the Superior Court of Justice against this invalid appointment and we will continue to resist attempts to challenge the justice system,” he adds.
Source: BFM TV
