Israeli spy chief hands court scathing rebuke of Netanyahu bid to sack him – Middle East Monitor

The head of Israel’s domestic intelligence service said yesterday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bid to sack him followed his refusal to fulfil requests that included spying on Israeli protesters and disrupting the leader’s corruption trial, Reuters reported.

In an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court, the head of Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, said that Netanyahu’s March move to dismiss him was not based on professional grounds but was prompted by…