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Shin Bet Chief and Deputy Express Reservations Over Past Opinion Blocking Kahanist Party Registration
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First reported by Behadrei Haredim · 2 hours ago
What happened
Shin Bet Chief David Zini and his deputy have expressed doubts about a previous Shin Bet opinion that blocked the registration of a Kahanist-linked party led by Michael Ben-Ari and Baruch Marzel, citing concerns over its extremist ideology.
- 01Shin Bet Chief David Zini and deputy submitted a recommendation to the Supreme Court.
- 02They expressed reservations about a prior Shin Bet opinion from Ronen Bar's tenure.
- 03The earlier opinion blocked registration of a party by Michael Ben-Ari and Baruch Marzel.
- 04Ben-Ari and Marzel are linked to the banned Kach movement.
- 05Their party was suspected of holding the same extremist goals as Kach.
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