Israeli premier accuses Shin Bet head of intelligence failure over October 2023 Hamas attacks

Israeli premier accuses Shin Bet head of intelligence failure over October 2023 Hamas attacks

'Bar’s handling of events constitutes the greatest intelligence failure in Israel's history,' Netanyahu says - Anadolu Ajansı

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Ronen Bar states that the prime minister ordered the spying of protesters contrary to the government in 2023 Maayan Toaf/EFE/GPOIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a meeting with a United Nations (UN) ambassadors delegation in Jerusalem (UN) The Prime Minister of IsraelBenjamin Netanyahu, denied on Sunday (27) to have ordered the espionage of protesters against the government in 2023, as charged by Shin Bet chief, Ronen Bar. In a …

The prime minister's spokespeople in the media were quick to state, based on the fragments of the transcripts that Netanyahu revealed, that the affidavit collapses Bar's claims. But a half-truth or a selective truth is like a lie. The contradictions between the two versions are numerous, and they can only be resolved through cross-examination in the High Court of Justice, a police investigation, or a state investigation committee.

The extraordinary step was taken in parallel with other reactions in the political system, which did not remain indifferent to the affidavit - according to which Bar lied about his conduct in the October 7 massacre. "Exchanging accusations between the political and security elite is no substitute for an investigation," responded the October Council, while the ministers supported the Soviet: "Bar go home, now."

The movement demanded that the legal advisor to the government open an urgent investigation: "A situation in which two senior figures in the security and government system are giving conflicting versions requires an immediate clarification of the truth"; the movement also requested that the confidential materials be revealed.