גורם ביטחוני: שני אנשי השב"כ הנאשמים במעילה בכספי האירגון גנבו כשני מיליון ש"ח For the past few weeks, I reported about a major scandal in the Shin Bet. Thanks to the opacity of the national security state (i.e. a gag order) we only knew this was likely a case of corruption of the sort I reported here involving the Mossad. A former Shabak agent told me he … [Read more...]
Israeli Educational System: Handmaiden of National Security State
The proposed "nation-state law," which I call (more accurately) the "apartheid law" would relegate Arabic from a co-equal national language to being a language with "special" indeterminate status. But in the meantime, Arabic is taught fitfully to Israeli Jews in the public education system. Almost everyone who studies Arabic seriously is doing so for one … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Corruption in Shin Bet, Agent Embezzles Funds Meant for Palestinian Informant
חשיפה: פרשת מעילה בשב"כ; נחקר חשד כי לפחות רכז אחד גנב כספים שנועדו לתשלום למשת"פים פלסטינים Israel has been abuzz for the past two weeks with news of a major intelligence scandal portrayed by the media as a severe breach of national security. Though a judicial gag order prohibited reporting even the name of the agency, with the help of Israelis … [Read more...]
Israeli Intelligence Budget Nearly Doubles in Past Decade Under Netanyahu
Haaretz reports Israel's two main intelligence agencies have nearly doubled their budgets in the past twelve years. Both the Mossad and Shabak had budgets of $1.3-billion in 2005. The upcoming budget for 2018 is slated to rise to $2.2-billion. It's no accident that much of the dramatic rise in budgetary expenditures happened during Bibi Netanyahu's prime … [Read more...]