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Senior Shin Bet officials said threatening to quit if Netanyahu aide named next chief
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSenior Shin Bet officials are threatening to resign if National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat is appointed the next head of the security agency, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
Ben-Shabbat, a confidante of Prime Minister Netanyahu, was formerly a top official in the Shin Bet.
Unnamed officials quoted by Kan say that if Netanyahu taps Ben-Shabbat to take over for current Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman, it would be for personal and not professional reasons and that the national security adviser is not the right man for the job.
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