Apparent compromise will also grant Eisenkot’s team direct line to agency and relevant intel, after PM told Zini to ensure his main opponent has ‘adequate’ security

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The Shin Bet will allow Yashar party chair Gadi Eisenkot’s private guards to carry weapons, Channel 12 reported Monday, in an apparent compromise after the security agency turned down a request to provide an official security detail for the election frontrunner.

The decision by David Zini, chief of the domestic security agency, came as concern has risen across the ideological spectrum about political violence ahead of the October 27 election.