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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke in Jerusalem

Who is Ronen Bar, the sacked chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security service?

Ronen Bar looking to the side
Critics of Ronen Bar have said he is trying to deflect from failures that led to the October 7 attacks by Hamas. Photograph: Gil Cohen-Magen/EPA

Ronen Bar, the head of Israel’s powerful internal security service, the Shin Bet, may seem an unlikely rebel.

A former special forces soldier who holds degrees from Tel Aviv and Harvard universities, Bar has devoted three decades of his working life to the service of the state. His frame is lean, greying hair close shaved, features gaunt, manner reserved and speech moderate.

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