Netanyahu addresses the firing of Shin Bet Chief

Peloni:  PM Netanyahu addresses the public on the true series of events leading to the dismissal of the Shin Bet Chief, Ronin Bar.  See full transcript below.

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Transcript:

Citizens of Israel, tonight I have a dramatic exposé that will shock you, but before that, I want to make it clear: Ronen Bar will not remain the head of the Shin Bet, there will be no civil war, and Israel will remain a democratic country. We are a country of laws, and the law in the State of Israel says quite simply, the government may  terminate the tenure of the head of the service before the end of his term, and that is exactly what it did.

But, in recent days, claims have been made that the dismissal of the Shin Bet chief was carried out to prevent the investigation into the Qatar matter. So now you will hear from me a shocking description of the facts that should concern each and every one of you, citizens of Israel.

My distrust in the Shin Bet chief began on October 7 when he failed to wake me and others.  It grew to the point of ousting him from the [hostage] negotiation team , and all of this happened long before the decision to open the investigation into Qatar. I thought the time was right to end the tenure of the Shin Bet chief after he submits the Shin Bet investigations into the failures of October 7.  The same is what happened with the IDF Chief of Staff.

I instructed the Shin Bet chief to submit the investigations to me by February 15. On February 15, on the date he was supposed to submit the investigation, Ronen Bar sent me a letter. Here is the letter:

Fifteenth of February, he says, I would like to inform you that I cannot submit the General Security Service investigation on the date you requested, and he finishes the letter, ‘In light of the above, I would like to submit the main points of the investigation no later than February 27.’ But on February 27, he did not submit the investigation to me, and he requested an further postponement of several days, and again, I agreed to it.

But look what happened on that very day, on February 27, in the evening, in a rare coincidence that is impossible to invent, the Attorney General announced the opening of an investigation into Qatar – on February 27, at 9 p.m.

The facts undeniably prove that the dismissals are not intended to prevent the investigation; the investigation was intended to prevent the dismissals. So you tell me, who here is acting with ulterior motives?