Netanyahu's response came almost a week after Shin Bet head Ronen Bar himself made a sworn statement to the court. It accused the prime minister of demanding personal loyalty and ordering him to spy on anti-government protesters.
The unprecedented move to fire the head of the Shin Bet security agency has been contested by the attorney general and the opposition, which appealed Bar's firing to the Supreme Court.
In his own affidavit, Bar had said “it was clear” that in the event of a potential constitutional crisis, Netanyahu would expect Bar to obey the prime minister and not the courts.
Bar had also denied accusations by Netanyahu and his associates that the Shin Bet had failed to warn in time about Hamas's unprecedented October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza.
Netanyahu countered before the court that Bar “did not accomplish his mission” that night.
The prime minister’s 23-page document said Bar “failed in his role as chief of Shin Bet and lost the confidence of the entire Israeli government as far as his ability to continue to manage the organisation”.
The security chief hit back with a statement late on Sunday, calling the premier’s affidavit “full of inaccuracies, biased quotes and half-truths”.
He also attacked Netanyahu for not taking responsibility for the October 2023 attack, saying the prime minister had “directly dictated” a policy of financing Hamas.
An April 8 Supreme Court hearing on the government’s plans to fire Bar ruled that he “will continue to perform his duties until a later decision”.
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