Netanyahu accuses the head of local security in Israel of lying to the court

On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly accused the head of the Israeli Local Security Agency of lying to the country’s Supreme Court, the last development in a legal battle over Mr. Netanyahu’s attempt to dismiss the security commander, Ronin Bar.

In a 13 -page written certificate defending his decision to remove Mr. Bar, who is leading Shane Hand, Mr. Netanyahu sought to refute Amazing allegations Mr. Bar was against the Prime Minister in an equal written certificate of equality that Mr. Bar presented last week to the Supreme Court of Israel.

The extraordinary exchange of threats came as part of issue It was submitted by the Israeli International Energy Agency organizations and opposition parties against Mr. Netanyahu’s decision To overthrow Mr. Bar, with his full approvalQuoting the lack of confidence between them.

Mr. Bar said that the decision to remove him stems from professional considerations, but who “expects personal loyalty.”

The issue spent Israel, embodying a long -term local crisis that motivates the supporters of the hardline Mr. Netanyahu against the most liberal Israelis over the balance of power between the branches of the government and the Israeli democracy figure.

To be able to judge the validity of Mr. Bar, the court may now have to decide more credible written informing. Instead, judges can seek a compromise, with an agreed date for Mr. Bar to step down.

Mr. Bar, Mr. Netanyahu, was accused of placing personal loyalty over respecting the provisions of the Supreme Court in the event of a constitutional crisis. He also said that the Prime Minister had pressed for the improper use of the Shane authorities, a bet to spy on Israeli citizens who led or funded anti -government protests.

Mr. Bar said that he was asked to sign an opinion – he was drafted by Mr. Netanyahu or his assistants, and based on what was proposed by Mr. Bar was false security arguments – which would have been hindering continuous progress Corruption trial This involves the Prime Minister. Mr. Netanyahu is accused of bribery, fraud and confidence, accused of providing wealthy supporters with organizational excuses in exchange for illegal gifts and favorable media coverage. In his own testimony, Mr. Netanyahu rejected these assurances, using his authority to support some of his arguments with selected quotes from the texts of secret meetings and reports that will be usually classified for decades.

Regarding his trial, Mr. Netanyahu said that he only asked Mr. Bar to present an urgent security plan to protect him during the court’s martyrdom after Hezbollah launched the Lebanese militia, a drone. The home of the Netanyahu family was damaged In the Israeli coastal city.

Mr. Netanyahu argued that he did not want to delay the submission of the certificate, but he only wanted to transfer the court listening sessions to a safer site.

He described the prosecution that Mr. Bar was asked to spy on the leaders of the legitimate protests as a “complete lie”, saying that he was only concerned about the cases of violence and harassment in public figures. After Mr. Netanyahu arrived at Mr. Netanyahu, Al -Shin’s bet was accused of the absence of interests about overcoming its powers when it comes to chasing the right -wing extremist activists.

Mr. Netanyahu did not explicitly deny the allegations of Mr. Bar over the demand for loyalty in the event of a constitutional conflict between the Supreme Court and the government, but Mr. Netanyahu said that Mr. Bar formulated the complaint differently in the “classified” part.

In a detailed response on Sunday, it was issued hours after Mr. Netanyahu was launched a written certificate, Mr. Bar said “full of inaccuracy, oblique and half -facts that aim to distort the context and change reality.”

Mr. Bar followed Mr. Netanyahu’s loss of confidence and desire to reject him to a series of movements made by the head of security in late 2024 and early 2025, including his decision to investigate Netanyahu’s assistants suspected of his presence in security breaches in the cases that involve him Classified documents leakage and Relationships with Qatar.

In his testimony, Mr. Netanyahu claims that he lost all confidence in Mr. Bar on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its sudden deadly attack on southern Israel, pressing the devastating war in Gaza. Blaming Mr. Bar for not predicting or preventing the attack, Mr. Netanyahu said he was responsible for what he called “the biggest failure of intelligence in the history of Israel.”

Mr. Netanyahu wrote, “You will have to rub your eyes to believe,” the recommendations issued by Mr. Bar short of the attack, after some signs of Hamas activity in Gaza.

Mr. Bar was advised against any extensive Israeli actions that could lead to “miscalculation,” as Mr. Netanyahu, adhering to what he described as a wrong security concept “preserved calm in Gaza at any cost.” (Mr. Netanyahu had long participated in this policy, according to Mr. Bar.)

“While Ronen Bar was preventing measures for fear of getting out of the war, Hamas has already started a war!” Mr. Netanyahu wrote in his testimony.

Mr. Netanyahu also rejected Mr. Bar’s claim that he warned of the war in the year -led attack, quoting excerpts from the texts of the meetings and intelligence reports in which Mr. Bar said that Gaza was “deterred” and that Hamas leaders are not looking to start a war.

Mr. Bar long before Mr. Netanyahu’s decision to dismiss him said that he would resign at an appropriate time as part of the responsibility for the intelligence failure.