Shin Bet said tracking extremist opponents of government judicial overhaul plan

Demonstrators against the judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, Feb. 13, 2023 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
Demonstrators against the judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, Feb. 13, 2023 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

The Shin Bet security service’s Jewish Division is collecting information on some opponents of the government’s contentious judicial overhaul plans, the Haaretz daily reports.

The division, which normally focuses on right-wing extremists, is now also looking at those it defines as left-wing extremists amid fears they could try and harm government institutions, the report says citing police sources.

The report says that in the last month, the Shin Bet has expanded its focus to also include “anarchists.”

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