Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar responded to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court. After Netanyahu claimed that Bar '"lied" in the strongly-worded indictment filed against his dismissal, the Shin Bet chief stated: "The statements written by the prime minister in his affidavit are full of inaccuracies, biased quotes and half-truths intended to take things out of context and distort reality.'"

