Israel's Supreme Court Orders Shin Bet Chief to Reassess Security for Yair Golan

Israel's Supreme Court has instructed the head of the Shin Bet security agency, David Barnea, to immediately reconsider providing security for Yair Golan, the chairman of the Democrats party. The court did not issue an interim order for protection but emphasized the urgency of the matter due to the high level of threats against Golan.

The Democrats party filed a petition after claiming Golan was left without security despite the police classifying the risk to him as high. The petition stated that threats against Golan included explicit mentions of hanging him in the town square and that he faces dozens of concrete assassination threats. The party argued that each day without security leaves Golan "exposed meat."

The Democrats highlighted that Golan's threat level was assessed as 4 out of 6, the same level assigned to former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot. They described the situation as "absurd and life-threatening," noting that while the police raised Golan's risk assessment to a high level, identical to Eisenkot's, Golan was denied security.

The court's decision came after a hearing on the party's petition. The Shin Bet chief is now required to assess the security needs for Golan promptly.