"Persecution Mechanism": Will Zini Investigate Testimony on Fabrication of Cases in the Shin Bet?

MK Moshe Feiglin has turned to Shin Bet head David Zini demanding an investigation into the Jewish Division, following testimony by Avishai Muallem about the falsification of paraphrases and the swapping of suspects' names in order to bring about administrative detention of settlers.

MK Moshe Feiglin has turned to Shin Bet head David Zini demanding a comprehensive investigation into the Shin Bet's Jewish Division, following the testimony of former Judea and Samaria District Police commander Avishai Muallem in an interview on the program "The Patriots." Muallem claimed that division personnel falsified intelligence paraphrases and swapped the names of suspects in order to bring about administrative detention of settlers, even those who were abroad at the time of the incident. Feiglin described the conduct as an "ideological persecution mechanism" and demanded the closure of the Jewish Division and the transfer of its authorities to the Israel Police. Muallem recounted a specific case after October 7 in which the name of a suspect who was not in the country was replaced with another name in an intelligence document.