Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 15:11 This morning (Wednesday), it was revealed that the Jewish Department of the General Security Service took advantage of a young Jewish man while he was in a fragile psychological condition and operated him as an agitator against Jews in Yehuda and Shomron. Once he was no longer emotionally able to handle being blackmailed by the GSS, he confessed to several friends that he was an agent. Since his disclosure, the GSS and the Yehuda and Shomron Police have been aggressively targeting and detaining Yehuda and Shomron residents who have recordings of the agitator describing his activities. Yesterday (Tuesday) the GSS detained one of the agitator’s friends on suspicion of “revealing confidential information.” This detainee is still in remand while other Yehuda and Shomron residents detained over the same incident have been released. Honenu Attorney Daniel Shimshilashvilli is representing the detainee.
Attorney Shimshilashvilli leveled sharp criticism at the GSS (Hebrew);
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Attorney Shimshilashvilli leveled sharp criticism at the GSS: “The GSS operated an agitator among Yehuda and Shomron residents. The agitator apparently came into contact with my client who was detained yesterday. Questions as to by what authority he was detained and why he was not released with the other detainees from the same incident remain unanswered. We will use all legal means at our disposal to bring about his immediate release. I call on the GSS to concentrate on the rising Arab terror in Yehuda and Shomron and not to search for cynical ways to take advantage Jewish residents who are in a crisis and use them against their friends.”
On Monday evening, the agitator arrived in Yad Binyamin and revealed details of his activities to his friends in their shared apartment. He told them that six months ago, he was involved in a serious criminal act, and that is when the Jewish Department of the GSS entered the picture. They expunged his indictment in exchange for his cooperation and assistance with incriminating right-wing activists. The GSS agents blackmailed him and forced him to go to Shomron communities even though he wanted to stay at his yeshiva in southern Israel and not be involved in right-wing activities. He said that he had been having a crisis and that the GSS agents had repeatedly pressured him and taken advantage of his situation. Among other actions, the GSS sent the agitator to right-wing activist Ariel Danino after he was released from administrative detention. The agitator tried to ingratiate himself with Danino, but he rejected any connection to him.
Late Monday night, immediately after the agitator revealed his actions to his friends, a large number of police officers raided the apartment. The officers illegally detained him and the three friends who were with him, and confiscated their cell phones. The agitator’s friends were released ten hours later in the morning at the police station. They were not interrogated, and they were not informed of the reason for their detention.
Honenu: “This is another instance of a youth in crisis being taken advantage of by the GSS. He was blackmailed and sent to instigate among the Jewish population in Yehuda and Shomron. The GSS has targeted this population as the enemy and removed restraints contrary to the law, ethics, and all logic. We call on Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is directly in charge of the GSS, to put an end to the criminal conduct of the GSS regarding Jewish residents of Yehuda and Shomron. We call on him to open an investigation into GSS head Ronen Bar. It is intolerable for a government body in the State of Israel to target an entire public of citizens as enemies and treat them illegally. Taking advantage of youth in Yehuda and Shomron has already ended in tragedy. Guli, z”l, a Havat Gilad resident, took his own life after the GSS severely took advantage of him. We are concerned that additional tragedies will occur. The current treatment by the GSS of Jewish Yehuda and Shomron residents must be stopped.”