Israel’s Supreme Court of Justice ruled in a verdict published on Wednesday evening that the government’s decision to terminate the tenure of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar was made in an “improper and unlawful” process.
In addition, the decision stated that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had a conflict of interest given the investigations into his aides as part of the Qatargate affair, and that the dismissal decision was made without a factual basis and without a proper hearing.
The decision was reached despite the fact that the distrust between Bar and Netanyahu since the October 7 massacre was public knowledge, well before the launch of the Qatargate investigation.
The decision has no practical bearing since Bar already announced his intention to end his term on June 15.
The decision was reached by a majority of two – liberal justices President Yitzchak Amit and Daphne Barak-Erez, with Justice Noam Sohlberg dissenting.
Justice Noam Sohlberg stated in a minority opinion that there is an inherent tension between the Shin Bet’s subordination to the government’s authority and its obligation to implement its policies, and the Shin Bet’s obligation to act only “in a stately manner.”
Sohlberg wrote that it was not appropriate to rule on the matter: “It is not necessary and it is not appropriate to decide on the issue nor to elaborate on it – in general, according to the rules of public law – and all the more so in the current procedure, which touched on deep disagreements in Israeli society.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Kangaroo court. Battle of the egos.
The junta of the dictatorial oligarchs strikes again! So much for the “only democracy in the Middle East” farce.
Supreme as in Iran’s Supreme Moolah Ayatola Khakamaniac?
Supreme as in Iran’s Supreme Moolah Ayatola Khakamaniac? What due process have these puppets gone through to make them the decision process. The people voted for their government: neither they nor Bar nor Zoom Gali MehaEirav Rav were elected!
How dare the wicked evil supreme court interfere with the inner workings of a duly elected government at any time, & even more so in the midst of a war when hostages are still being held.
Actually the heinous supreme court needs to be fired immediately.
The Israeli Supreme Court is a joke!
The head is a criminal, but who in the courts care about Judges keeping law?
The Likud are also one big pathetic joke, they have no clue how to govern, the liberals ride them like a donkey whip them like a horse and trample on them like ants 🐜 in the park