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Last Update: 10/02/2005 01:01 Yuval Diskin named new Shin Bet chief By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to officially announce on Thursday the appointment of Yuval Diskin as the next Shin Bet security service chief. Diskin will take over the reins from current Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter in May. Security and political sources said Wednesday night that the prime minister's bureau informed Diskin of Sharon's decision by telephone. [...] Diskin is considered an excellent operations man and very charismatic. As deputy Shin Bet chief, he coordinated preparations for the targeted killing of wanted Palestinians...

The prophesies of four former heads of the Shin-Bet that Israel is headed toward a catastrophe that headlined Friday's Yediot Aharonot were political, two high-ranking former Shin-Bet agents, Minister-without-Portfolio Gideon Ezra and MK Ehud Yatom said on Saturday night. The State Department was reluctant to comment on the criticism aired by the four former Shin Bet chiefs. "There's always controversy, and I don't want to add to it... both sides need to stick to their commitments to the road map," State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said Friday. Former Shin-Bet chiefs Ami Ayalon, Yaacov Perry, Carmi Gilon, and Avraham Shalom in...