Qatargate or Qatarfake? Could the suspicions of treason have been a smokescreen aimed more at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who employed the supposed “traitors” in his office?
This comes as a senior Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) official in charge of the Jewish Division, identified as A., suspended himself on Sunday.
"Above all, we identify a special operations officer in the Prime Minister's Office, who brings into the Holy of Holies, a person without security clearance who is operated by the Qataris."
The prime minister maintained that his decision to remove Bar was not related to "Qatargate" and did not align with his timeline.
"We need to do exactly what we did with Judge [Isaac] Amit, not cooperate with him, not work with him," Levin said.
The Prime Minister’s Office issued a response, stating that the recording represents a “real threat to democracy.”
Awad was behind the raid on Nir Oz and the abductions of Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel Bibas and is believed to have played a big role in their murders.
Former Shin Bet senior official Ilan Segev also expressed concern over the dangers of appointing an acting head of Shin Bet.
According to Bar, pressure was also exerted on him to carry out actions he defines as "against the citizens of the state."
Mahmad Salah Mohammad Bardawil served as Hamas's propaganda and psychological warfare operative.
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