Minister Hili Trooper today (Sunday) publishes an incriminating post regarding the criticism leveled by members of the Knesset and government ministers against the Shin Bet, and this after his call to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to condemn the statements more. The full post:
“On October 7, many Shin Bet operatives took weapons, got on the vehicle and raced to Otef. Ten of the employees of the General Security Service were killed and many were injured during the fighting and the massacre. There was little involvement in this as is typical for people who are part of an organization whose motto is “protect and not fear”.
E., a senior in the service, took two other workers with him straight to Kfar Gaza, where they killed dozens of terrorists and did not leave until the last residents in the place were rescued. They refuse to talk about it to this day.
D., a close friend of mine from the military service, fought for hours in Sderot and Bari. When I asked him a little about what he did there, he didn’t understand what I wanted from him.
This is the spirit of the organization, these are the Shin Bet employees.
Ronan Bar, the head of the service, was among the first to understand the failure and take responsibility and wrote to his employees, “The responsibility is on me. There will be time for investigations – now we are fighting”, and they are completely fighting.
They haven’t taken their foot off the gas for over a hundred days. From the 7th of October until today, they are at the front and also in the first forces inside Gaza with an unimaginable rush and pace.
In the last few days they suddenly discovered that when they are fighting on the front there is someone sticking a metaphorical knife in their back. Instead of focusing on looking forward in front of the enemy, they are forced to look back over their shoulder, because there are those who challenge their commitment, expose them and endanger them. Because there are those who find it difficult to back up with them unequivocally.
Shin Bet employees deserve to have the leadership’s back. Directly, simply, without comparisons and without reservations.
It is disappointing that there are those who seek to condemn only after claiming why attacks against him are not condemned; There are those who back up only after demanding a backup for them as well. Shin Bet employees should not be subjected to criticism that endangers their safety and certainly should not be victims of crazy conspiracies.
These are our best sons and we should all wish that they concentrate on the fight against Hamas and not on internal political struggles in Israel. Thank you Shin Bet employees – the heroes of Israel.”