Ronen Bar says Netanyahu’s affidavit is ‘full of inaccuracies, biased quotes and half-truths’

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar doubles down on his allegations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressured him into acting unlawfully for personal and political considerations, and lambastes the premier for failing to take responsibility for the policy of allowing Qatari funds to flow to Hamas in Gaza.

In a statement to the press following Netanyahu’s rejection of these allegations in an affidavit to the High Court of Justice, Bar insists that all of his allegations are “absolutely true” and supported by documentation he provided to the court.

“The things the prime minister wrote in his affidavit are full of inaccuracies, biased quotes and half-truths aimed at taking things out of context and changing reality,” says Bar.

“Senior security officials have taken responsibility for the intelligence failure [on October 7]. But the prime minister never took responsibility for the quiet policy of funding Hamas, which was dictated directly by the prime minister,” adds Bar.

“This historic failure of mistaken policy built-up Hamas, eroded deterrence and contributed to fears of miscalculation in the decision-making of senior security officials, that night.”