PM Netanyahu accuses Shin Bet chiefs of ‘mafia-style’ blackmail as clash over intel service reform escalates

PM Netanyahu accuses Shin Bet chiefs of ‘mafia-style’ blackmail as clash over intel service reform escalates

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 3, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused the current chief of Shin Bet and his predecessor of blackmailing him, in a dramatic escalation of the simmering tensions between the top leader and the nation’s domestic intelligence agency.

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