The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) is the Jewish state's primary internal security service, focusing primarily on internal security, exposing terrorist rings, and intelligence efforts in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Also known as the Shabak, it makes up one of the three arms of Israel's intelligence community, alongside the Mossad (foreign intelligence) and Aman (military intelligence).
Like the Mossad, despite being a security agency, the Shin Bet does not operate under the Defense Ministry and instead answers to the prime minister.
The current head of the Shin Bet is Ronen Bar, appointed in 2021 by then-prime minister Naftali Bennett.
The order was issued a week ago following the end of the hearing on the petitions in the High Court, which prohibited firing Bar.
The Police Investigation Department requested to release the Shin Bet official to house arrest.
In a joint operation in the northern West Bank, security forces located Zakharana, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad member from Kabatiya.
Ben-Gvir characterized the current government policy on Gaza as "in the right direction, and that’s good," explaining that this is why he and his party returned to the government.
According to the reports, it is customary for a representative of the agency that oversees the area to take part in such visits.
Leaving matters to public opinion is the ultimate way to achieve this – definitely not by a binding ruling that leaves all sides at a loss.
A new investigation broke on Tuesday, marking the newest front in the escalating Shin Bet, A-G battle with the government.
Shin Bet: "At no point were journalists interrogated, were they required to provide testimony as part of the investigation."
The minister made the remarks following the revelation that a Shin Bet official arrested on suspicion of leaking classified information.
According to Chikli, the official “revealed that, in the midst of war, the head of the Shin Bet was obsessively spying on a serving minister."
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