Politicizing the Shin Bet endangers Israel's national security - opinion

The agency’s extensive powers create significant temptation for the minister responsible for it – the prime minister – to direct the Shin Bet chief to use those powers against political opponents.

FORMER SHIN BET director Yoram Cohen receives protection amid a stormy scene at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as the High Court holds a hearing on the cabinet’s firing of the current Israel Security Agency chief, Ronen Bar. Cohen alleges that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked of the Shin Bet

(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ByERAN SHAMIR-BORER, AMICHAI COHEN

APRIL 13, 2025 19:52