Shin Bet Chief and Legal Advisor Clash Over MKs' Interrogation
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Shin Bet chief David Zini and Legal Advisor Gali Baharav-Miara met Wednesday to discuss disagreements over investigating Arab Knesset members suspected of foreign influence peddling. Zini wants to interrogate four MKs, but Baharav-Miara insists the Shin Bet has not provided sufficient grounds for such action. The investigation concerns alleged receipt of foreign money to influence elections.
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- Shin Bet chief David Zini and Legal Advisor Gali Baharav-Miara met Wednesday over investigation disputes.
- The Shin Bet suspects Arab Knesset members of receiving foreign funds to influence elections.
- Zini wants to interrogate four specific Arab lawmakers, including Mansour Abbas and Ayman Odeh.
- Baharav-Miara stated the Shin Bet has not provided sufficient grounds for interrogation.
- An investigative team was formed on the recommendation of Central Elections Committee head Noam Solberg.
The head of the Shin Bet security agency, David Zini, and the Legal Advisor to the Government, Gali Baharav-Miara, held an extended working meeting on Wednesday evening amid significant disagreements regarding an investigation into Arab party Knesset members. The Shin Bet suspects these lawmakers of receiving foreign funds to influence elections.
According to Channel 13 News, the meeting addressed the existing disputes between the two officials. Zini is reportedly pushing for the interrogation of four Knesset members: Mansour Abbas, Ayman Odeh, Ahmad Tibi, and Balad party leader Sami Abu Shehadeh.
Baharav-Miara, however, maintains that interrogating lawmakers requires substantial grounds, which she stated the Shin Bet has not provided to the police or the investigative team established on the recommendation of the head of the Central Elections Committee, Noam Solberg.
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