Ronen Bar's "explicit instruction" that evidence be gathered against the political echelon is "reminiscent of dark regimes," said the PMO.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called on Monday for Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) head Ronen Bar to be prosecuted following reports that he ordered a secret probe against the minister.
“Yesterday, Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar was exposed as someone who ordered the collection of information on public officials in a democratic country,” said Ben-Gvir ahead of a faction meeting of his Otzma Yehudit Party at the Knesset in Jerusalem.
Accusing Bar of working together with Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara to thwart Ben-Gvir’s police appointments, the minister said the Shin Bet head “acted against the will of the voters who elected me.