Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityShin Bet sources reportedly said 'an order came from above,' directly from Zini, to reject requests including hanging Pride flags and displaying a Pride-themed screensaver • Ministers Chikli and Smotrich welcomed his move to 'remove progressive, gender and LGBTQ agendas' from the serviceShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe12:55 PM • June 24 2026 IDTPride Month activities within the Shin Bet security agency were cancelled this month at the order of director David Zini, whose directives effectively closed the security agency's LGBTQ employee group and revoked its allocated budgets, according to details first published by Channel 12 News.CommentsIn the NewsShin Bet Chief Cancels Agency's Pride Month Events, Closes LGBTQ Employee GroupIsrael Braces for Mass Haredi Protest, Disruptions Expected Across Major RoadsPM Keeps IDF in the Dark: Officers Warn Against New Lebanon 'Deconflicting Cell'IDF Soldiers Were Sent to Harass a Bedouin Community That's Halfway to ExpulsionThree Mamdani-backed Candidates Triumph in New York Democratic Party PrimaryRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIWhere Does Andy Burnham Stand on Israel and Palestine?Israel Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankAs the World Watched Gaza, Israeli Settlers Charged Ahead in the West Bank. A Clash Is ImminentNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change ThatTrump's Iran Deal Castrates Netanyahu, but It's Still Catastrophic for Israel