Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday appointed a new head of the Shin-Bet domestic intelligence agency, ignoring his own attorney general’s legal guidance and exacerbating a weeks-long battle over the previous chief’s ouster.

Netanyahu taps Maj. Gen. David Zini to head domestic security agency, day after being told he couldn't make appointment due to High Court ruling that he has a conflict of interest The post Defying AG’s order,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening appointed David Zini as the new head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency, defying a Supreme Court ruling and the Attorney General's directive that the dismissal of current chief Ronen Bar was unlawful.