Shin Bet Chief Calls Election Interference Probe 'Largest Strategic Terror Attack'
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Israel has formed a joint investigative team led by the Shin Bet to probe foreign interference in the 26th Knesset elections. The team's formation was delayed amid accusations between the Shin Bet and the government's legal advisor. Shin Bet chief David Zini called the foreign funding a "strategic terror attack," comparing it to the October 7th failures.
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- Shin Bet chief David Zini called foreign election interference "the largest strategic terror attack in the country's history."
- A joint investigative team, led by the Shin Bet, was formed to probe foreign interference in the 26th Knesset elections.
- The investigation was requested by Supreme Justice Noam Sohlberg after the election, but its formation was delayed.
- The delay occurred amid accusations that the Shin Bet was withholding materials from the government's legal advisor.
- Four Arab Knesset members are suspected of involvement in election irregularities.
- Shin Bet chief Zini compared the election interference to the failures of October 7th.
A joint investigative team has been formed to probe allegations of foreign interference in Israel's 26th Knesset elections. The group, led by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) with participation from police fraud investigators and the state prosecution, held its first meeting on Thursday, November 5th. The establishment of this special unit was requested by Supreme Justice Noam Sohlberg, who chairs the Central Elections Committee, shortly after the election. However, its formation was delayed for several days. According to Kan News, the delay stemmed from accusations by the government's legal advisor that the Shin Bet was holding up materials needed to decide on questioning four Arab Knesset members suspected of involvement in election irregularities. Shin Bet chief David Zini described the affair involving money from foreign sources intended to influence the parliamentary elections as "the largest strategic terror attack in the country's history." Channel 12 News reported Zini stating, "I perceive the story with the money that came here during the elections the same way as the failure of October 7th. This is our Day of Judgment. This is the largest strategic terror attack in the history of the state."
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