Israel attorney general accuses PM of 'conflict of interest' in security chief dismissal

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Israel attorney general accuses PM of 'conflict of interest' in security chief dismissal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came under fire again on Friday over his decision to dismiss internal security chief Ronen Bar, with the attorney general accusing him of a "conflict of interest".

Judge Gali Baharav-Miara published a letter from Shin Bet leader Ronen Bar, in which he states that the Prime Minister asked him to try to delay his trial for corruption.

Israel's Attorney General announced on Friday that she had found a fundamental vice in the government's decision to dismiss the head of Shin Bet (internal security), also judging Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, in a situation of "conflict of interest" in this case.

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Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav considered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar "a fundamentally flawed decision tainted by a personal conflict of interest on the part of the prime minister due to the criminal investigations targeting his aides." She warned against the politicization of the Shin Bet chief's position as a result. In this context, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar revealed that Netanyahu "repeated…