Establishment of a Department for Formulating an Alternative Intelligence Concept ("Ipcha Mistabra") from the Intelligence Bodies Bill

What does the bill do?

The proposal establishes a new division in the National Security Council, subordinate to the head of the Council, whose role is to formulate alternative and critical intelligence assessments to the assessments of the intelligence bodies (the army, the Shin Bet, intelligence and additional units). The division's employees will receive direct access to intelligence information from government sources. These assessments will be presented to the Prime Minister and to the Ministerial Committee on Security Affairs. The head of the Council will report every six months to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on the division's activity.