31.01.2012                      07.Schwat. 5772

Halblegal:

Officials: Israel outsources monitoring of Palestinian media after IDF lapse

Private organizations associated with right-wing politics unofficially take over intelligence gathering, after lack of resources, shifting priorities and years of neglect, sources say.

The government and military have unofficially outsourced some of their intelligence work to private organizations that monitor anti-Israel incitement in the Palestinian media and are associated with right-wing politics, according to several high-ranking government and military sources.
The situation – which the sources said stemmed from a lack of resources, shifting priorities and years of neglect – has prompted some government officials to ask Military Intelligence chief Aviv Kochavi in the last few weeks to take action. Staff members in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bureau were among the officials who complained to Kochavi….