Israel confirms Netanyahu’s pick for domestic security chief

JERUSALEM: An Israeli panel confirmed on Thursday the nomination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pick for the next head of the Shin Bet domestic security service, a government statement said.
Netanyahu named David Zini as his pick to lead the Shin Bet in May, after months of legal and political wrangling over his bid to dismiss the agency’s former director Ronen Bar.
Israel’s attorney general had said Zini’s nomination was “illegal” after the supreme court found the move to sack Bar unlawful, but on Thursday a committee tasked with vetting senior positions confirmed Netanyahu’s pick, according to a statement from the premier’s office.