Ami Ayalon, appointed to head the Shin Bet after Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, as shown in the new documentary. (Ami Ayalon/Sony Pictures Classics)
Israel’s ‘Gatekeepers’ -- Dan Ephron, Daily Beast/Newsweek
Six Shin Bet chiefs air their views on peace with Palestine.
In the hierarchy of Israeli intelligence agencies, the Shin Bet is the equivalent of the blue-collar worker. While Mossad handles the dazzling overseas operations—abducting a former Nazi or assassinating nuclear scientists—the Shin Bet for almost a half century has managed the dirty work of Israel’s dominion over millions of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Most Palestinians view Israel as a colonial intruder, the way, say, Algerians viewed France. To tamp down Palestinian rebellions and foil attacks on Israelis, Shin Bet operatives have regularly engaged in some unsavory measures—rough interrogations and targeted killings, to name two—all in the service of maintaining Israel’s grip over territories it captured in the 1967 war.
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My Comment: Wow .... I did not expect such bluntness from these men.
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