Two Incidents Show How Israel's Security Chiefs Have Become Netanyahu's Enforcers

A straight line connects the demand by the heads of the Shin Bet and Mossad to investigate political commentator Yaron Avraham with the bizarre summons of investigative reporter Raviv Drucker for questioning by the traffic police. Both cases reflect blatant politicization. In both, institutions that are supposed to serve as watchdogs are instead helping the government purge what remains of Israel's one outlet.