The IDF general was selected despite conflict of interest concerns, the AG's explicit instructions to PM not to make appointment, and a problematic job interview The post Netanyahu’s appointment of David Zini as Shin Bet chief is fraught with obstacles appeared first on The Times of Israel.

The announcement was made despite a High Court ruling that the dismissal of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar was unlawful.

The Israeli regime is now engulfed in one of its most severe internal crises in recent memory, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s brazen appointment of Major General David Zini as the new Shin Bet chief has brought the country’s deep divisions to the surface.