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  BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Profile: Israel's Shin Bet agency
In 1987, Shin Bet was found to have lied in court and extracted a false confession of espionage from an Israeli army officer Izzat Nafsu, who had been in prison for 18 years.
Shin Bet's reputation was further compromised by its failure to prevent the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin in 1995 by a right-wing Israeli extremist.
Shin Bet denied that these interrogation methods constituted torture, and insisted that what was termed "moderate or increased physical pressure" could be employed, notably in so-called "ticking bomb" cases, where prisoners are thought to have information about imminent terrorist attacks.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/1791564.stm   (630 words)

  
  Shabak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of the Shin Bet's roles is to protect the lives of senior Israeli ministers and public servants (such as the President of Israel).
With the declaration of Israeli Independence, the Shin Bet was founded, as a branch of the Israeli Defence Forces, and was headed by Isser Harel (the father of Israeli Intelligence, who later headed the Mossad).
Responsibility for Shin Bet activity was later moved from the IDF to the office of the prime minister.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shin_Bet   (2025 words)

  
 Station Information - Shin Bet
One of the Shin Bet's roles is to protect the lives of senior Israeli ministers and public servants (such as the president).
The Shin Bet is most known for its role in the conflict against those it considers Palestinian terrorists.
The Shin Bet's intelligence has enabled the IDF to target senior leaders who they consider among Israel's enemies, mainly those of Hamas, but also of the Islamic Jihad, The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the Fatah and even one Al-Qaeda linkman (Iad Al-Bik).
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/s/sh/shin_bet.html   (218 words)

  
 Shin Bet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
With the declaration of Israeli Independence, the Shin Bet was founded, as a branch of the Israeli Defence Forces, and was headed by (the father of Israeli Intelligence, who later headed the Mossad).
The Shin Bet is most known for its role in the conflict against Palestinian terrorists.
In November 2003, four former heads of Shin Bet (,, Carmi Gillon and Ami Ayalon) called upon the Government of Israel to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians.
www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Shin_Bet   (1903 words)

  
 Israel Security Agency Shin Bet General Security Service Sherut ha-Bitachon ha-Klali Israeli
Shin Bet's reputation as a highly proficient internal security agency was tarnished severely by two public scandals in the mid-1980s.
Shin Bet's reputation was further compromised by the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin in November 1995 by a right-wing Israeli extremist.
In the aftermath of the ensuing scandal, the head of Shin Bet [Karmi Gillon] resigned in January 1996 and was succeeded by Rear Admiral Ami Ayalon.
www.globalsecurity.org /intell/world/israel/shin_bet.htm   (760 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel's Shin Bet launches blog
The agents from Israel's internal security service, the Shin Bet, are shown in silhouette.
The blogs are intended to draw members of the public into other areas of the Shin Bet website - in particular the recruitment section.
A Shin Bet official told the BBC that the idea was to inform the public that the agency offers work beyond just stopping Palestinian paramilitary attacks.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/7301522.stm   (377 words)

  
 Shin Bet: Palestinian truce main cause for reduced terror
The Shin Bet's statistics on terror attacks confirm the public perception that terrorist activity in 2005 dropped considerably compared to the previous four and a half years.
The Shin Bet and the Israel Defense Forces attribute the reduction mainly to the improvement in their joint capability to foil terrorist attacks and to act against terrorist organizations.
The Shin Bet holds Hamas directly responsible for only one fatal attack in 2005 - the murder of Sasson Nuriel, who was kidnapped from Mishor Adumim and taken to Ramallah, where he was executed by a local Hamas cell.
www.israelblog.org /1136179166   (808 words)

  
 Report: Shin Bet Seeks 1st Spokesman
Shin Bet director Avi Dichter wants to name a spokesman from within the agency's ranks and to hire a media adviser from outside, Haaretz reported.
The Shin Bet – the Hebrew initials for Security Service –; developed a reputation as a force to be reckoned with, infiltrating and identifying violent opposition groups almost from the state's inception.
In 1995, Shin Bet agents assigned to protect Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin failed to prevent a Jewish ultranationalist known for his hatred of Rabin from shooting the prime minister to death at close range.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/20000906/aponline153602_000.htm   (498 words)

  
 Jew Watch - Jewish Terrorists - Shin Bet
The current leadership of the Shin Bet reportedly is studying whether Yatom violated secrecy rules with his disclosures.
The Shin Bet, founded in 1948, reports to the prime minister and is not regulated by any specific law.
Shin Bet officials said at the time Subhi and Majdi died in custody of their wounds but an Israeli newspaper published pictures of the two being taken from the scene unhurt.
jewwatch.com /jew-terrorists-shin_bet.html   (1737 words)

  
 Shin Bet - Wikipedia
De Shin Bet is een Israëlische geheime dienst, die zich bezighoudt met contraspionage en algemene interne veiligheid in Israël en de bezette gebieden en beveiliging van Israëliërs in het algemeen.
De shin en beth vormen het oude acroniem van sjeroet bitachon (veiligheidsdient).
De Shin Bet kwam in opspraak na de moord op de Israelische minister-president Yitzhak Rabin, voor wiens beveiliging de dienst verantwoordelijk was.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shin_Bet   (157 words)

  
 Even the Shin Bet is against discrimination - Haaretz - Israel News
Tal joined the Shin Bet in 1955 and was a case officer in the northern district.
From a security viewpoint, maintained Harel, the Shin Bet and the Israel Defense Forces were sufficient and it was not necessary to have the manipulative mechanism of the military administration, which forced its authority on the Arab citizens and penetrated every area of their lives.
At the initiative of the Shin Bet in September 1980, Rakah was forbidden to organize a conference of representatives of all the movements active among Israeli Arabs.
www.haaretz.com /hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=431606&contrassID=2&subContrassID=20&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y   (2242 words)

  
 Shabak - Shin Bet
One of the Shin Bet's roles is to protect the lives of senior Israeli ministers and public servants (such as the President of Israel).
With the declaration of Israeli Independence, the Shin Bet was founded, as a branch of the Israel Defense Forces, and was headed by Isser Harel (the father of Israeli Intelligence, who later headed the Mossad).
Responsibility for Shin Bet activity was later moved from the IDF to the office of the prime minister.
www.spywriter.com /robots/shabak.html   (2346 words)

  
 The Path Toward Peace?: Four Shin Bet Counterintelligence Leaders Revile Sharon
The four Shin Bet heads—representing both Israel’s Labor and current ruling Likud parties—posed for a photograph together, then gave their own versions of why, every day he remains in office, Sharon is making a bad situation worse.
Perry, who ran Shin Bet from 1988 to 1995 and is now a bank chairman and businessman, described his country as “going in the direction of decline, nearly a catastrophe” in almost every area—economic, political, social and security.
Shin Bet plans and directs raids into Palestinian towns and assassinations of suspected militants, and conducts harsh interrogations of Palestinian detainees.
www.wrmea.com /archives/Jan_Feb_2004/0401016.html   (2043 words)

  
 Wanted: Brainiacs for Israel's secret security service - Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune
The unprecedented campaign is aimed at both attracting the top computer minds available and promoting a more accessible public image for the Shin Bet, said an official in the agency, who despite the new policy of openness was still forced to speak on condition of anonymity because of internal restrictions about dealing with the media.
Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin, in an open letter to possible candidates, said that in August alone the agency had thwarted 25 suicide attacks and arrested 17 potential bombers thanks, in large part, to its information technology unit.
In the past, Shin Bet chiefs were identified in print only by the first initial of their first name and with their faces were blurred on television.
www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/09/05/africa/ME_GEN_Israel_Shin_Bet.php   (822 words)

  
 Israel on Road to Ruin, Warn Former Shin Bet Chiefs  - Israeli Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Four former directors of Israel's Shin Bet security service have given unprecedented warnings that the prime minister, Ariel Sharon, is leading the country to catastrophe by failing to pursue peace with the Palestinians.
The former Shin Bet chiefs - Yaakov Perry, Ami Ayalon, Avraham Shalom and Carmi Gilon - made their criticisms in an interview with the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth.
The present director of the Shin Bet, Avi Dichter, continues to argue for maintaining stringent restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians.
www.palestinemonitor.org /israelipoli/road_to_ruin_shin_bet_warns.htm   (546 words)

  
 The Shin Bet and the Persecution of Azmi Bishara, Counterpunch, 5 June 2007
The Shin Bet and the Persecution of Azmi Bishara
Indications that the Shin Bet wanted Bishara's scalp over his campaign for Israel's reform to a state of all its citizens can be dated back to at least the start of the second intifada in 2000.
Mazuz wrote: "The letter of the Shin Bet director was written in coordination with the attorney general and with his agreement, and the stance detailed in it is acceptable to the attorney general."
www.jkcook.net /Articles2/0300.htm   (3098 words)

  
 Shin Bet-Abu ghraib : Italy imc   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Shin Bet security service continues to use violence in its interrogations of suspected terrorists, despite a 1999 High Court of Justice ruling that forbade violent interrogations except in the case of a "ticking bomb," a Shin Bet document obtained by Haaretz reveals.
The document constitutes the first official confirmation by the Shin Bet of numerous oral testimonies from Palestinians, which told of the agency's continued use of methods that the court defined as torture.
The document describes the Shin Bet's use of a painful technique called "hatayat gav" (back bending) against Badran, which involves bending the prisoner over backward and holding him in that position for up to half an hour.
italy.indymedia.org /print.php?id=605081   (282 words)

  
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The Shin Bet head also spoke about recent incidents of Jewish terror and said no one, accept for the two terrorists themselves, was aware of the plots, referring to attacks in the Arab-Israeli town of Shfaram and to the later killing of Palestinian laborers in the West Bank.
However, the Shin Bet Chief noted Israel undertook a bold move by removing settlers from Gaza and the northern West Bank, and added it was time for the Palestinians to undertaken trust building measures.
He also said that while the Shin Bet works to protect Sharon, the organization is not, however, aware of any concrete plan to harm the prime minister.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3145390,00.html   (1162 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Shin Bet   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shabak (Shin Bet) Logo This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest.
A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death (see suicide, suicide weapons).
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shin-Bet   (6943 words)

  
 JPN SPECIAL: Shin Bet Says Palestinian Truce Main Reason For Dramatic Decline In Deaths and Injuries in 2005
Israel's General Security Services, the Shin Bet, issued a report today that fatalities among Israelis were down by 60% (dropping from 117 to 45) in 2005 and injuries down by 30% (they do not give the raw number), and the main reason for this was the truce declared by Hamas last January.
The Shin Bet report didn't even mention the wall as a contributing factor because, as most sensible people and all the peace groups predicted from the outset, Palestinians wishing to commit attacks have found ways around or through the wall.
Reiterating statistics released by the Shin Bet security service on terrorist activity in year 2005 Ezra also confirmed Palestinian militant groups in the Strip were in possession of over 300 anti-tank missiles.
www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org /publish/article_240.shtml   (1709 words)

  
 Naharnet Newsdesk - Israel Holds Barghouti, Obeid and Dirani at Shin Bet Secret   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Beirut media on Tuesday played up an Associated Press report that Israel's Shin Bet security agency held Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners incommunicado for weeks at a time at a secret detention center in violation of international law.
Shin Bet only used the center for a brief period when Israel's incursion into the West Bank in April last year resulted in hundreds of Palestinian arrests and a "shortage of detention places," the response said.
Both the army and prime minister's office, which is responsible for Shin Bet, refused to comment on the identities and nationalities of prisoners kept there, or what is meant by "special circumstances."
www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Story/E4CA145FCCE54CF742256D56002D4F3C?OpenDocument&PRINT   (929 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Shin Bet tightens protection of prime minister, parliament ahead of next ...
The prime minister entered the building surrounded by 10 bodyguards wearing the trademark loose-fitting safari jackets and ear pieces of Shin Bet agents, guns bulging at their sides.
Settler groups, along with their backers in Sharon's Likud Party, have pledged to fight the plan, and some opponents have denounced the prime minister as a dictator who is endangering Israel.
Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter has warned for months of growing militancy among settlers, and said he fears a small number – perhaps several dozen – could turn to violence.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20041020-1710-israel-palestinians.html   (793 words)

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