Shin Bet chief's loyalty remarks spark controversy, impacting Netanyahu's prospects. Netanyahu's re-election at 35.5% YES.

David Zini slammed the management capabilities of elected officials and dismissed human rights legal arguments as 'nonsense' in leaked recordings

David Zini said his ability to remain loyal to elected officials regardless of his own views was a key reason he accepted the role; critics accused him of putting political…

"The elected leadership is not really capable of managing the frameworks for which it is entrusted and elected," Zini said, "because the people have become confused about their…

Leaked audio recordings attributed to the head of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, David Zini, have triggered sharp political criticism after he reportedly described his…

Shin Bet chief's loyalty remarks spark controversy, impacting Netanyahu's prospects. Netanyahu's re-election at 35.5% YES.

The central question raised by Zini’s remarks is not whether the Shin Bet chief should obey the elected government; it is how he diagnoses what has gone wrong in Israeli…

Israel's president Isaac Herzog said the state's institutions 'belong to everyone and serve everyone,' and urged statesmanship amid growing polarization, a day after Shin Bet…

In leaked recordings published this week, Zini confirmed what was clear: His loyalty is to 'elected officials,' not to the public or the law. The enormously powerful Shin Bet…

The disturbing speech given by the Shin Bet security service chief David Zini, in which he laid out his ideas regarding his suitability for the job he holds, th

Zini met with the Central Elections Committee days after he said that he was appointed to the role because he is loyal to Israel's elected officials

The fears surrounding the appointment of David Zini – a man with no intelligence background who holds a Zionist Haredi worldview that even the prime minister ca