
Edo Konrad
Revealed: Shin Bet controlled Arab schools for decades
Classified documents reveal how, for years, Israel's internal security service meddled in Arab society's education system, firing teachers deemed 'threats' and employing Shin Bet agents in the Education Ministry. It has long been known that the Shin Bet, Israel’s shadowy internal security service, has been involved in surveillance over the country’s Arab population. Since the very first days of the state, the service monitored Arab political organizations; surveiled nationalist or communist activity viewed as subversive; and enlisted collaborators to ensure maximum control with minimum effort. [tmwinpost] Following the 1948 War, the Israeli government granted citizenship to the Palestinians who remained in the…
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