Ex-Shin Bet Chief Ayalon Confirms Meeting With Zini on Election Interference
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon confirmed a meeting with current head David Zini regarding foreign influence in elections. Ayalon criticized a security service that undermines public trust while investigating its own failures. The discussion occurred amid a rally in Tel Aviv calling for Arab party inclusion in government.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon met with current head David Zini on election interference.
- Ayalon stated a security service undermining public trust fails its core duty.
- The meeting was reportedly about intelligence concerning foreign influence in elections.
- Ayalon spoke at a rally in Tel Aviv attended by about 1,000 people.
- The rally called for Arab parties to be included in the government.
Former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon confirmed he met with current Shin Bet head David Zini to discuss suspicions of foreign influence in elections. Ayalon stated that a security service investigating its own failure to thwart potential foreign involvement, while undermining public trust in the democratic process, fails in its most crucial duty: protecting democracy and its institutions.
Ayalon made these remarks during a speech at a rally in Tel Aviv's Habima Square on Saturday evening. The rally, attended by approximately one thousand people, called for the inclusion of Arab parties in the government. Earlier in the week, Haaretz reported that Zini had presented Ayalon with intelligence related to the foreign influence investigation.
