Led by ministers May Golan and Itamar Ben Gvir, the Shin Bet will enter the campaign against organized crime in Arab society and receive a budget of NIS 500 million for the effort, journalist Amit Segal (N12) reports. The funding formalizes a policy shift that The Zioneer has been tracking.
Monday evening saw the Shin Bet formally directed to lead the fight against organized crime in Arab society, with a dedicated NIS 500 million budget and ministerial leadership from May Golan and Itamar Ben Gvir, as journalist Amit Segal (N12) reported at 20:43 Jerusalem. This wraps a rapid sequence of reports: at 20:43 Jerusalem, our thread notes nine versions published, starting with an unverified Channel 14 claim that a cabinet proposal was days away. By the same minute, subsequent reports — from Channel 14's first publication, through government secretary announcements, to Ben Gvir's own statement — had consolidated the allocation, the funding source (Plan 550), and the NIS 567 million total for Shin Bet and police. The confirmation by Segal, providing the specific ministerial detail, aligned with the thread's most recent version at that time.
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