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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Lapid: ‘Government of criminals’ attacking Shin Bet to divert attention from Qatargate
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid weighs in on the Shin Bet classified leaks affair, saying that attacks by the “government of criminals” on investigators are an attempt to distract attention from the investigation into the Qatargate affair.
“The State of Israel has only one army, one police, one Shin Bet, and one Mossad. They have a chain of command and rules that manage them,” he writes on X.
Lapid praises Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar as someone who has dedicated his life to the country’s security, decrying threats against him as endangering Israel’s security.
