{"id":2330372,"date":"2024-08-24T04:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T08:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israels-shin-bet-chief-warns-of-jewish-terrorism-backed-by-cabinet-minister-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-24T04:17:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T08:17:28","slug":"israels-shin-bet-chief-warns-of-jewish-terrorism-backed-by-cabinet-minister-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israels-shin-bet-chief-warns-of-jewish-terrorism-backed-by-cabinet-minister-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Shin Bet chief warns of Jewish terrorism backed by Cabinet minister &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisraels-shin-bet-chief-warns-of-jewish-terrorism-backed-by-cabinet-minister-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2330372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel&#8217;s \u200bShin Bet chief, Ronen Bar, has raised alarm over the increasing incidents of &#8220;Jewish terrorism&#8221; against Palestinians, suggesting that a new generation of Jewish \u200cextremist leaders operates with \u2062implicit backing from the Israeli government, particularly from National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Bar expressed that these extremists aim to destabilize the state\u200b of Israel, causing significant damage amidst ongoing conflicts, including the war in Gaza. Ben Gvir, once a fringe figure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-starting-political-organization-to-oppose-gop-leaders\/\" title=\"Newsom starting political organization to oppose GOP leaders\">gained political power<\/a> in a response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-growing-number-of-congressional-lawmakers-are-leaving-after-the-2024-elections\/\" title=\"More lawmakers are exiting Congress after the 2024 elections\">changing electoral dynamics<\/a> and has overseen a rise in violence from Israeli settlers against Palestinians, which is raising concerns both domestically and\u200b internationally. Bar&#8217;s warnings highlight the potential for this violence to escalate further, especially as tensions with groups funded\u200c by Iran grow. He has pointedly criticized Ben\u200d Gvir&#8217;s ideology and the \u200cimplications of settler violence, stressing the need to protect the integrity of the state. The Israeli government faces \u2064pressure from the Biden administration due to the violence linked to settlers, \u200cyet Ben Gvir has maintained that such settlers do not participate in terrorism. This contentious situation has led to a \u200crift within the Israeli government, raising\u2062 concerns \u200dabout security and international relations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Israel&rsquo;s Shin Bet chief warns of Jewish terrorism backed by Cabinet minister<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1736650\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A rising generation of &ldquo;Jewish terror leaders&rdquo; have concluded they can attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Palestinians\">Palestinians<\/a> in the West Bank with the implicit support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Palestinians\">Israel<\/a>&rsquo;s police, according to the Jewish state&rsquo;s internal security chief.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The Jewish terror leaders want to make the system lose control,&rdquo; Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2024-08-22\/ty-article\/.premium\/shin-bet-chief-warns-pm-and-ministers-jewish-terror-is-jeopardizing-israels-existence\/00000191-7b9a-de04-af9b-7b9b38070000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> in a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. &ldquo;The damage to Israel is indescribable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bar&rsquo;s letter amounted to a thinly veiled denunciation of Israeli National Security Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3120309\/israel-ben-gvir-challenges-netanyahu-temple-mount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Itamar Ben Gvir\">Itamar Ben Gvir<\/a>, a right-wing politician and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-religion-jerusalem-israel-d1500820cd52562638506cc59843b789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>admirer<\/a> of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, the founder of a political party that the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/foreign-terrorist-organizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>designated<\/a> as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997. That warning framed a Jewish community as an existential threat to the state of Israel, a message all the more extraordinary against the backdrop of a war in Gaza that Israeli officials regard as just one front in a wider conflict with Iran &mdash; and deepened a rift that threatens Netanyahu&rsquo;s fragile governing coalition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At this moment in the West Bank, there is a concerted effort on the part of Iran to stoke unrest,&rdquo; Foundation for Defense of Democracies Senior Vice President&nbsp;Jonathan Schanzer told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;And then you have efforts by Ben Gvir and others to intimidate the population of the West Bank and to respond to force with force but to do so in a way that is extrajudicial and obviously potentially combustible.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mossad intelligence agency chief David Barnea, front right, and Ronen Bar, second left, chief of Israel&rsquo;s domestic Shin Bet security agency, attend a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel&rsquo;s wars and victims of attacks at Jerusalem&rsquo;s Mount Herzl military cemetery Monday, May 13, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ben Gvir spent most of his career relegated to the fringe of Israeli politics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3098025\/israel-gallant-ben-gvir-blow-up-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reviled\">reviled<\/a> even by most right-wing Israeli politicians and voters. Yet he emerged from the 2022 Israeli elections with just enough support to play a kingmaker role in Netanyahu&rsquo;s razor-thin coalition government, allowing him to acquire a Cabinet post that gave him authority over Israeli law enforcement &mdash; and his tenure has coincided with an eruption of violence in the West Bank, according to Western officials.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The scale of this problem &mdash; it&rsquo;s incomparable to what it was like [just] two, three or five years before,&rdquo; a European official based in Israel told the<em> Washington Examiner.<\/em> &ldquo;These violent settlers, they feel that they can do whatever they want, and there is a very limited &mdash; very limited &mdash; action against them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That violence has acquired added significance in the midst of the war against Hamas, as Israeli officials struggle to contain the international backlash over civilian casualties in Gaza, which they attribute to Hamas&rsquo;s reliance on human shields, and try to avoid a spread of the war into the West Bank. Israeli officials have accused Iran of smuggling &ldquo;dangerous weapons and large sums of money&rdquo; into the West Bank, in a bid &ldquo;to create a pro-Iranian Islamic terror front.&rdquo; That threat derives strength from the settler violence, which risks &ldquo;putting more players into the cycle of terror&rdquo; and leaves &ldquo;above all, a massive stain on Judaism and us all,&rdquo; according to Bar.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some will say this activity is the implementation of the ideology of Rabbi Kahane,&rdquo; Bar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2024-08-22\/ty-article\/.premium\/shin-bet-chief-warns-pm-and-ministers-jewish-terror-is-jeopardizing-israels-existence\/00000191-7b9a-de04-af9b-7b9b38070000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> in a pointed allusion to Ben Gvir. &ldquo;It supports taking apart the state&rsquo;s structure and transferring the area, to stress the choice between Judaism and democracy, two values that to my understanding only strengthen each other. In the name of this world view, they are willing to jeopardize the state&rsquo;s security and its very existence, while undermining the confidence in the state&rsquo;s institutions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has imposed a rolling series of sanctions on Israeli settlers involved in the attacks over the last year. Ben Gvir denounced those measures as anti-semitic &mdash; &ldquo;our dear settlers &hellip; have never engaged in terrorism or hurt anyone,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-slaps-sanctions-entities-that-raised-funds-west-bank-settlers-2024-04-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>maintained<\/a> in April &mdash; but the violence has crescendoed, resulting recently in a raid by dozens of Israeli settlers on a Palestinian village.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was a severe terror event that included setting fire to buildings and vehicles, stone and molotov-cocktail hurling, as well as live fire, resulting in the killing of one Palestinian and the injuring of another,&rdquo; the Israel Police and the Israel Securities Authority&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/live-updates\/israel-hamas-cease-fire-talks-hostages-war\/blinken-arrives-in-israel-ahead-of-new-round-of-ceasefire-talks-112929472?id=112935700&amp;entryId=113053946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Thursday following the arrests of five people related to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>That joint statement didn&rsquo;t preclude the Shin Bet chief&rsquo;s scorn for their efforts, to judge from a conversation about the small number of arrests that leaked to the press on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no police in Israel,&rdquo; Bar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/shin-bet-chief-told-netanyahu-settlers-not-arrested-over-west-bank-violence-as-theres-no-police-in-israel-report\/\">told<\/a> Netanyahu in a Thursday evening meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Gvir, for his part, responded to Bar&rsquo;s letter by demanding that Netanyahu fire the Shin Bet chief and then leaving the Cabinet meeting. &ldquo;The Shin Bet chief who sent an &rsquo;emergency letter&rsquo; should have received a letter of dismissal on Oct. 8,&rdquo; Ben Gvir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/backing-shin-bet-chief-gallant-says-ben-gvir-endangering-israels-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Friday. &ldquo;The ongoing failure under Bar&rsquo;s and the defense minister&rsquo;s leadership must end, and it can&rsquo;t happen soon enough. Yoav and Ronen, quit harassing settlers!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant praised Bar. &ldquo;In the face of Minister Ben Gvir&rsquo;s irresponsible actions that endanger Israel&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms &quot;A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured&quot; in Germany\">national security<\/a> and create internal division in the nation, the head of the Shin Bet and his people are carrying out their duties and warning of the grave consequences of these acts,&rdquo; Gallant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/backing-shin-bet-chief-gallant-says-ben-gvir-endangering-israels-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The contretemps underscored the deep divisions within Israel almost 11 months into a war sparked by a devastating surprise attack by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You have an Israeli government that is at odds with itself right now &mdash; that is the simplest way to put it,&rdquo; Schanzer said. &ldquo;The current government has right-wing elements, within, that the Shin Bet is warning about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1736650\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1736650\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of Israel&#8217;s Shin Bet security agency has raised alarms about a new wave of &#8220;Jewish terror leaders&#8221; who believe they can assault Palestinians in the West Bank with the tacit backing of Israeli law enforcement. In a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar stated, &#8220;The Jewish terror leaders aim to destabilize the system,&#8221; emphasizing that the harm inflicted on Israel is profound. His correspondence subtly criticized National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, a right-wing figure and supporter of Rabbi Meir Kahane\u2014whose political party was labeled a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. in 1997. This warning portrayed elements within the Jewish community as a significant threat to Israel&#8217;s stability, particularly amid ongoing conflict in Gaza, which Israeli officials view as part of a broader struggle against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Schanzer from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies noted that Iran is actively trying to incite unrest in the West Bank while Ben Gvir and others are allegedly using intimidation tactics against its residents. Despite being marginalized for much of his career, Ben Gvir gained enough support during the 2022 elections to become influential within Netanyahu\u2019s narrow coalition government and has since overseen an increase in violence in that region.<\/p>\n<p>A European official remarked on how unprecedented this situation has become compared to previous years, highlighting that violent settlers feel emboldened due to minimal repercussions for their actions. The current violence takes on added importance given Israel&#8217;s efforts to manage international criticism over civilian casualties in Gaza\u2014blamed on Hamas\u2019s use of human shields\u2014and prevent further escalation into the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli authorities have accused Iran of attempting to establish an Islamic terror front by smuggling weapons and funds into this area. Bar warned that settler violence could exacerbate terrorism cycles and tarnish Judaism as a whole. He pointedly referenced Kahane\u2019s ideology when discussing these issues related to Ben Gvir, suggesting it undermines state security while eroding trust in governmental institutions.<\/p>\n<p>In response to increasing attacks by settlers over recent months\u2014which have drawn sanctions from Biden administration\u2014Ben Gvir dismissed these measures as anti-Semitic and claimed settlers had not engaged in terrorism despite rising incidents including violent raids on Palestinian villages resulting recently in fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>Following Bar&#8217;s critical remarks about police effectiveness during discussions with Netanyahu, Ben Gvir called for Bar\u2019s dismissal from his position instead. Meanwhile, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant commended Bar for his warnings regarding national security risks posed by actions taken under Ben Gvir&#8217;s leadership amidst internal divisions within Israel nearly eleven months after Hamas launched its surprise attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2743,"featured_media":2330373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IDF.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[39172,4671,39171,39170,32076],"class_list":["post-2330372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cabinet-minister","tag-israel","tag-jewish-terrorism","tag-shin-bet","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IDF.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}