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Ronen Bar

Ronen Bar is the current head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), the country's primary internal security service.

 Ronen Bar.

No. 19: Ronen Bar: The Shin Bet chief helping eliminate terror threats

 Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services speaks at the annual Cyber Week, at the Tel Aviv University, on June 27, 2023.

Shin Bet Chief to Netanyahu: Jewish terror in West Bank on brink of disaster

(L-R) Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, Mossad director David Barnea and IDF chief Herzi Halevi seen on May 5, 2024

Mossad, Shin Bet chiefs to take part in hostage deal summit on Thursday

 Benjamin Netanyahu, Yahya Sinwar

Sinwar is the obstacle to the agreement, not me': PM approves delegation to head to Cairo talks

 Palestinian Fatah Abdullah Barghuti is escorted in handcuffs by Israeli police into Jerusalem's Magistrate Court to testify as part of a US civil lawsuit against the Palestinian leadership, on June 20, 2012.

A red line: 'Releasing Barghouti is like releasing Sinwar,' ex-Shin Bet official warns

By 104.5FM via MAARIV ONLINE
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi seen on October 11, 2023

Ex-Mossad chief Pardo: Halevi should resign even if PM doesn't

 (L-R) Yair Netanyahu and his father, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

'What are they trying to hide?' Yair Netanyahu hints PM was betrayed Oct. 7

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confer in the Knesset plenum last month. Many Israelis are thirsty for a decisive Israeli victory and a long-term strategy in order to finally live in peace and without existential threat, the writer asserts.

'Subordinate to the prime minister': Argument breaks out between Netanyahu, Gallant, Shin Bet chief

 Protestors demonstrating for the return of the hostages clash with police around Jerusalem

Shin Bet chief: Violence at protests, in online discourse could take us down a dangerous path

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Mossad direct David Barnea on May 12, 2023

Mossad chief-led delegation leaves for extended Hamas hostage negotiations

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, holds a security assessment in Tel Aviv.

IDF's October 7 probe looks to the past: Will it implicate Benjamin Netanyahu?

 Gaza hostage families protest on Ayalon highway on January 18, 2024

Israel to send delegation to Qatar amid optimism about hostage deal

By RINA BASSIST , TOVAH LAZAROFF
The Chief of Staff and the head of the Shin Bet in the Hamas tunnels in Khan Yunis on January 5, 2024.

IDF, Shin Bet chiefs visit tunnels in heart of Khan Yunis

 Director of Shin Bet Ronen Bar attends the state ceremony marking 50 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on September 26, 2023.

Israel security chief in letter to the world: 'Do not interfere'

By BEN CASPIT/MAARIV
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi meets with Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar in Khan Yunis. December 11, 2023.

IDF, Shin Bet chiefs meet in Khan Yunis

 People gather in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Jerusalem demanding for action to be taken to return the hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attacks, in Jerusalem November 13, 2023.

Who is really at the helm of Israel's hostage release efforts? - analysis

 Director of Shin Bet Ronen Bar attends the state ceremony marking 50 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on September 26, 2023.

Shin Bet Chief: There is no time limit on this war

Shin Bet head Ronen Bar speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an awards ceremony on April 4, 2023.

Netanyahu voices support for Shin Bet a day after coalition criticism