Shin Bet security for Eisenkot? Zini is dragging his feet
Justice Minister Yariv Levin authorized Shin Bet head David Zini to decide whether to assign Shin Bet security to Yashar! chairman Gadi Eisenkot, but a week has passed and no decision has been made. The advisory committee recommended protecting Eisenkot in light of threats and polls, but the ministerial committee meeting was canceled due to lack of attendance. 34 days remain until the elections.
A week has passed since Justice Minister Yariv Levin authorized Shin Bet head David Zini to decide whether to assign Shin Bet security to Yashar! party chairman Gadi Eisenkot, and no decision has been made. The advisory committee to the Ministerial Committee for Shin Bet Affairs, which initially recommended not to protect Eisenkot, was reconvened at the request of Central Elections Committee chairman Judge Noam Sohlberg, and this time recommended protecting the chairman of the party leading in the polls. The Ministerial Committee for Shin Bet Affairs, which includes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Education Minister Yoav Kisch, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, was supposed to convene and decide last week, but apart from Levin, none of the ministers or the prime minister showed up. Levin authorized the Shin Bet head to make a decision, but a week has passed and the decision has not yet been made. Eisenkot continues to move around with private security without official state security, 34 days before the elections. The report describes a delay in the decision, while noting the threats against Eisenkot from home and abroad, mainly from Iranians against senior Israelis.