Shin Bet chief nomination chaos is symptomatic of a larger problem - editorial
At a time when Israel faces complex security challenges and growing regional uncertainty, such disarray in the PMO is more than regrettable – it is reckless. By JPOST EDITORIAL APRIL 2, 2025 06:00 Well, there’s an appointment that didn’t age well.Roughly 24 hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that former Navy commander V.-adm. (ret.) Eli Sharvit would succeed Ronen Bar as head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), Netanyahu abruptly pulled the nomination.The prime minister’s announcement rescinding the nomination can be summed up like this: “Thanks, Eli, you’re a patriotic guy, but I’ve had second thoughts.” And what were those second thoughts? What changed in a single day?Netanyahu offered no explanation, but the circumstantial evidence is telling. Sharvit, as a private citizen, signed an open letter to the judiciary soon after Netanyahu’s government came into power, calling on it to remain vigilant. He also participated in demonstrations in 2023 against the go...