Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today Will Shin Bet chief David Zini, who recently okayed lifelong security for the Netanyahus, feel more obligated to ensure Israel's election is free and fair than he did about protecting the man who is currently the greatest threat to his boss' continued rule?Share 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 formatSubscribeAllison Kaplan Sommer09:23 PM • August 24 2026 IDTNews of the Shin Bet security agency's refusal to grant an official security detail to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main contender in the upcoming election, former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, has shocked Israelis on a number of levels.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Haaretz Today NewsletterIsrael Elections 2026CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesAltalenaE1SyriaWest BankNetanyahuGazaMansour AbbasPollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastShin Bet Refusal to Protect Eisenkot Raises Chilling Question About the ElectionTrump Can Stop the Next War in the West Bank, but He Must Act NowBen-Gurion Airport Train Station Halted After Balloon Damages Electrical CableNetherlands to Boycott Eurovision for Second Year Over Israel's ParticipationCan Israel Resurrect the Right Wing's Founding Grievance From the Deep Sea?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?AIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California Progressive