Lapid: Netanyahu wants Shin Bet as ‘personal security organization’; Jewish terrorism must be probed

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid asserts the need to counter Jewish terrorism in the West Bank, while speaking at a Yedioth Aharonoth convention.

Lapid accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of wanting the Shin Bet as a “personal security organization” instead of an organization that prevents terrorism and saves lives.

Commenting on recordings of the head of the Shin Bet’s Jewish Division bragging about arresting radical settler suspects without evidence, Lapid says, “There is a thing called Jewish terror. The comments were serious and the man was suspended.”

“In the State of Israel, terrorism should be investigated. It is not surprising to me that this government says there is no Jewish terrorism because the national security minister was convicted of supporting terror,” Lapid says.