Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair MK Yuli Edelstein (listed in the source as 'Bismuth') invited Shin Bet director David Zini to a hearing on a 'severe warning regarding attempts to interfere in the elections', according to a report by Channel 12's Daphna Liel.
Channel 12's Daphna Liel reported Wednesday afternoon that MK Yuli Edelstein (Likud), chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, has summoned Shin Bet director David Zini to a committee hearing. The agenda: a 'severe warning regarding attempts to interfere in the elections'. According to Liel, Edelstein is highlighting the threat to the integrity of the elections and stresses that alongside foreign threats, 'there is a need to examine the danger of domestic interference' — a reference to the High Court's recent ruling freezing the appointment of the State Comptroller. This marks the latest in a series of political moves and counter-moves over alleged interference in the electoral process. As The Zioneer has reported, Cabinet Minister Gila Gamliel previously requested the Central Elections Committee probe the State Attorney's Office for its conduct in the Yonatan Urich case, and the Shin Bet was recently drawn into controversy over its treatment of an LGBTQ employee cell within the agency, prompting multiple MKs to demand a committee debate. The committee chair's invitation formalizes that debate around the Shin Bet's own intelligence assessment.
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