Shin Bet chief David Zini is seeking to reevaluate the information his agency had previously provided to court officials on the basis of which an extreme right-wing movement’s request to register as a political party was denied, according to information obtained by Zman Yisrael, The Times of Israel’s Hebrew-language sister site on Wednesday.

Zini asked Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara for time to take another look at the validity of intelligence information that was passed on to the Justice Ministry during the term of the his predecessor as Shin Bet chief, Ronen Bar.

The information that the Shin Bet provided led to a 2024 decision by the Registrar of Political Parties Unit to reject an application by the “Yisrael Yehudit Shlema Ve’eitana” movement to be registered. The name translates roughly as A Jewish Israel, Whole and Strong.

Refusal by the registrar to record a new party must be approved by the Supreme Court, and a hearing on the matter is set for Sunday. However, in light of Zini’s request, the State Prosecutor’s Office has sought a postponement.

No previous case is known in which a party was denied registration based on confidential information passed by the Shin Bet to the registrar.

Zini asked that the court hearing be delayed for two weeks in order “to examine the validity and relevance of the intelligence information presented by the Shin Bet in this matter,” according to Zman Yisrael. The State Prosecution subsequently asked the court to delay the hearing by three weeks to give Zini time and the registrar an opportunity to reexamine its decision, if necessary.

Hebrew media reported in 2024 that the Shin Bet had raised concerns that those behind the party were former activists in the extreme-right Kach movement, founded by the late extremist rabbi Meir Kahane, which was outlawed as a terror group in........

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