Ronen Bar shoots the last save in an ongoing confrontation with the Israeli prime minister that has divided the country.
The Chief of Spy of Israel accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to say goodbye for his refusal to commit illegal acts aimed at protecting the personal and political interests of the leader.
Ronen Bar, head of Shin Bet, the Israel National Intelligence Service, made the statement in an affidavit to the Supreme Court on Monday. The Netanyahu court last month to dismiss Bar was suspended by the court awaiting investigation, and the subsequent fight has caused great protests, with crowds accusing the prime minister to endanger democracy.
Netanyahu said he would fire the Chief of Spies due to a collapse in trust, supposedly linked to Hamas's attack in October 2023 that led to Gaza's War.
However, Bar said that Netanyahu's decision was motivated by a series of events between November 2024 and February 2025.
In the unasperial part of the presentation of the Court, Bar said that Netanyahu had said “on more than one occasion” that he hoped that Shin would take measures against the Israelis involved in anti -government manifestations, “with a particular approach in monitoring the financial sponsors of the protests.”
The Shin Bet Chief also said that he had refused to sign a security request aimed at relieving Netanyahu to testify in a continuous corruption trial in which he faces bribery, fraud and breach of public confidence.
Netanyahu's offer to expel Bar took place when Shin Bet was investigating financial ties between Prime Minister and Qatar's office, a key mediator in the Gaza War. Critics say that dismissal is contaminated by a conflict of interest and was destined to derail that research.
Shin Bet also carried out an investigation based on the suspicion that the Government had ignored the warnings before Hamas attack south of Israel on October 7, 2023, when the Armed Palestinian group killed more than 1,100 people and took around 250 captives.
More than 50 of them remain in Gaza. Netanyahu and the hard -line Zionist parties that support their government have faced hard criticism for not accepting a high fire and return of the remaining prisoners.
Israel's attack in Gaza has killed more than 51,000 people, according to the Ministry of Health of the Enclave.
Netanyahu's office said that Bar's affidavit was “full of lies”, and then responded to several of his statements, stating that he had “miserably failed” when Hamas attacked Israel.
He also denied that the moving bar to Sack Bar bar was aimed at frustrating the so -called “Qatargate” research.
“The dismissal did not intend to avoid research. Rather, the investigation was intended to avoid dismissal,” he said.
Netanyahu's transfer to Sack Bar was suspended by the Supreme Court after the political guards and opposition legislators argued that the dismissal was illegal.
The commitment to disapprove of the Chief of Spies and the continuous struggle has further promoted the protests for the government's failure to assure Gaza's captives.
Bar has accepted Shin Bet's failure to stop Hamas' attack, saying on Monday that “I would soon announce the date of my resignation.”
