Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecuritySources say Shin Bet chief David Zini has sidelined the agency's legal chief amid growing tensions over legal oversight, after the adviser blocked several of Zini's initiatives, including professional decisions and proposed organizational changesShare 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 formatSubscribe10:27 PM • July 09 2026 IDTShin Bet security service director David Zini has excluded the service's legal department from professional discussions and decisions related to the agency's operation, because he and the people close to him deem it "a hindrance," according to several different sources.CommentsIn the News'Not Letting Us Work': Shin Bet Chief Clashes With Agency's Legal DepartmentPoll: In Election-season First, ex-IDF Chief Eisenkot Exceeds Netanyahu's LikudKnesset Committee Advances Law Enshrining Torah Studies as a 'Fundamental Value'Shin Bet Chief Seeks AG's Approval to Probe Leak of Timing of Iran War to MediaThe Original Tradwives of Ancient RomeRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?An Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesIsraeli Cop Filmed Throwing Stun Grenade Into Car, Trapping Palestinians InsideMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding Israel