Shin Bet denies distributing infamous wedding video

The Shin Bet security service denies that it distributed a wedding video showing far-right wing Israeli extremists dancing at a wedding in celebration of the murder of Palestinians, a spokesperson said Thursday.

The video, published by Channel 10 news on Wednesday, drew widespread condemnation from across the political spectrum, though some right-wing lawmakers accused security officials of leaking the video to demonize Jewish extremists being investigated over the murder of three members of a Palestinian family in July.

Police spokesperson Luba Samri said police had begun looking into the video on Wednesday afternoon before it was screened on TV. The clip shows dozens of young Israeli right-wing extremists, said to be linked to the suspected perpetrators of the Dawabsha family murder, celebrating the killing at a Jerusalem wedding last week.