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Israel’s Netanyahu reverses spy chief nomination amid US criticism

Senator Lindsey Graham was swift to slam the nomination of Eli Sharvit as Shin Bet chief [File: AP]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reversed his nomination of a former naval commander to head Israel’s spy agency amid criticism from the US.

Netanyahu’s office said on Tuesday that the prime minister was withdrawing the nomination a day after he proposed Vice Admiral Eli Sharvit as the next chief of the domestic security service Shin Bet. The about-face followed criticism from the US, the key backer of the Israeli government’s war in Gaza and military exploits across the wider region.

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