Former Shin Bet Chief Sues Netanyahu for Defamation Over Oct. 7 Blame
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
Former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar is suing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for NIS 3 million in a defamation case. Bar filed the suit after Netanyahu accused him of withholding intelligence before the October 7 Hamas attack. Bar's lawsuit claims he warned Netanyahu multiple times about Gaza and that the Prime Minister rejected assassination proposals.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar sued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for NIS 3 million.
- The lawsuit concerns a September 28 post where Netanyahu blamed Bar for October 7 intelligence failures.
- Bar claims he warned Netanyahu at least 20 times about the Gaza situation.
- Bar also stated Netanyahu rejected proposals to assassinate Hamas leaders.
- The lawsuit includes evidence the Shin Bet shared pre-attack intelligence with Netanyahu's office.
Former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar has filed a NIS 3 million defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The lawsuit stems from a post Netanyahu published on X, formerly Twitter, on September 28, accusing Bar of intentionally withholding intelligence information prior to the Hamas attack on October 7. Netanyahu's post alleged that Bar, who resigned from his position, was responsible for "failures and crimes," and claimed Bar had fabricated a "blood libel" in an attempt to shift blame for the October 7 failures onto him.
In his lawsuit filing, Bar detailed that he had warned Netanyahu at least 20 times about the situation in the Gaza Strip and that the Prime Minister had rejected his proposals to assassinate Hamas leaders. The lawsuit also presented evidence that the Shin Bet had provided information to the Prime Minister's office in the hours preceding the October 7 massacre. Bar asserted that many of Netanyahu's accusations against him are baseless.
