Israeli intelligence chief says Netanyahu told him to defy top court

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Israel’s domestic detective chief Benjasin Netanyahu has claimed that he has demanded that he be prepared to deny the country’s Supreme Court, as he made multiple claims against the premiere with which he was stuck in legal war.

Shin Bate Head Ronen Bar said in the oath of oath in the Supreme Court on Monday that he was also asked to use the power of his spy agency to monitor anti -government protesters and stop the ongoing corruption trial of premier.

The document was filed on whether the document was filed before further discussion by the judges Netanyah You can legally dismiss the spy chief. His government Dismissed times in the last month However, the Supreme Court has issued an order by stopping the removal until its validity is resolved.

It came between a broad clash between the government and the Israeli judicial authority. Bar Affairs said that Netanyahu claimed that any constitutional position of the future was stopped, “I [must] Obey the Prime Minister, not the Supreme Court. “

Since it was claimed, the concerns have grown even if the Netanyahu government refuses to obey the Supreme Court verdict can become a trigger of a constitutional crisis itself.

In the document, Shin Bate’s leader said that Netanyahu tried to politicize the domestic intelligence service for his own and political ends and added that the recognition of the two of the two was denying the recognition of the two.

“Source [of my firing] It was not in professional levels. The The The expectation of personal loyalty to the Prime Minister, “wrote the bar.

Bar said that Netanyahu rejected a pressure to justify security at the end of last year, because Israel was involved in multiple conflicts, to be able to avoid testifying the premier in his long -standing corruption trial.

He refused to use his agency’s powerful intelligence tools for the spy of protesters against the government, writing in the public part of the affidavit, which ran to dozens of pages, including the classified part of the public.

Bar said the entire document contains evidence of all his claims.

Netanyahu’s office said: “The affidavit of Ronen Bar is full of lies and reveals its failure.”

Netanyahu’s government and allies, including his son Yar on social media, have raised the attack in recent weeks, accusing him of sedition, and a “secret police” and “private militia” that compared them to East German Stassy.

These attacks have made part of the public attack by the government Netanyahu has called “deep state”Hamas’s devastating October October 2021, including the only fault of attacking security chiefs at the time of October 2021.

Israeli legal authorities, including Shin Bet, are also investigating the allegations given by the top Netanyahu helpers to investigate the investigation In favor of Qatar And leaked classified documents.

In addition to the bar, the government has tried to dismiss the attorney-general and refused to recognize the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, while the military’s Chief of Staff and Defense Minister have already been removed from their post.

Netanyahu’s allies occasionally raised conspiracy theories that the October only allowed the October to attack the Prime Minister on South Israel on October 7, along with other security chiefs.

Bar, in his affidavit this national allegation is said “false which is nothing less than the institutional provocation against me [Shin Bet]”.

He said that more than an hour before Hamas’s destructive attack, he directed that Netanyahu’s military secretary should be informed about the irregular intelligence sign from Gaza.

Netanyahu said on Monday that his military assistance was only informed a few minutes before the October October attack on Palestinian militants. He denied that he requested the action to suspend his trial or wanted a “illegal action” against anti -government protesters.

“Ronen Bar is the father of failure [of October 7] And he must go home, “Netanyahu added.

Premier Israeli has consistently denied the admission of any responsibility for the worst disadvantages in history and decided to create a National Investigation Commission to fully investigate the attack.

On Sunday, the opposition leader, Yar Lapid, warned against the target bar, referring to “persuading and insanity, which is unprecedented”.

Lapid added more: “If we don’t stop it, there will be a political murder here. Perhaps more than one. The Jews will kill the Jews.”

Bar had earlier claimed responsibility for failure that allowed Hamas to attack and said he had wished to resign before his term.

In the affidavit, he said that he would set a date for his departure in the “near future”, but he said that the court hearing was important to confirm his successor non-political, professional and law.