The High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction preventing the dismissal of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, setting up a standoff between the government and the judicial system. The court order will remain in place until petitions against Bar's dismissal can be heard. The attorney general has instructed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he is prohibited from appointing a new head of the Shin Bet. Government ministers reacted with anger to the court order, with some threatening to defy it. Opposition parties and civil society groups have petitioned the High Court against the decision to fire Bar.