Israel's police commissioner Kobi Shabtai and the head of the Shin Bet Ronen Bar are looking to prevent the involvement of the security service in tackling the spiralling homicide rate among the Palestinian citizens of Israel, Haaretz reported.
According to the Israeli newspaper, the two sides established a direct channel of communication between them, bypassing the far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who wants the Shin Bet to intervene.
Several sources told the newspaper that Shabtai and Bar met following the killing of five Palestinians last week in Yafa an-Naseriyye in a bid to present a unified position to the security establishment.
While Shabtai is not eager for the Shin Bet to involved in tackling the crime rings that are dominating the Palestinian community in Israel, he made it clear in closed discussions that he is interested in acquiring the technological capabilities of the Shin Bet for the police.
Bar concurred, and said that his position was supported by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara
Security sources said that this is not the first time that Shabtai and Bar have established direct channels of communication and defied Ben-Gvir's positions.
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Israel's top cop, Shin Bet chief against security service tackling Palestinian homicides