Word: harish
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...spent 7 1/2 years on espionage and treason charges that were brought by Shin Bet but later found to be unsubstantiated. The conviction was overturned because the agency employed illegal interrogation methods and lied about them to the military courts that originally tried Napso. Attorney General Yosef Harish has launched an investigation into these acts. The probe may result in criminal charges being leveled against eleven former and current Shin Bet agents. In the wake of the week's three adverse judgments, the Cabinet deliberated whether to begin its own probe, and Shamir pledged to increase supervision over all national...
...Harish Kavirajan '89, who is planning to take Washbrook's class next semester, says, "Most Indian studies courses at Harvard are literature and language, with a few in religion. The history of India doesn't really exist here, and there is a definite need for the historical perspective...
Leaks and rumors swirled anew last week as Israel continued to debate allegations that security agents lied, tampered with evidence and suborned witnesses to hide their involvement in the deaths of two captured Palestinian terrorists. Newly appointed Attorney General Yosef Harish began considering proposals for an inquiry into a possible cover-up by the Shin Bet (the Hebrew acronym for Israel's General Security Service), which handles antiterrorism intelligence operations. "There will be no whitewash of the affair," Harish told reporters. Still, few doubted that the Attorney General would come under heavy pressure from the Cabinet of Labor Prime Minister...
...Harish was named to his post only three weeks ago, when his predecessor, Yitzhak Zamir, was abruptly removed from office after demanding a police investigation into the Shin Bet affair. The two Palestinians were captured by Israeli forces after hijacking a bus in 1984. They were photographed being led away from the bus but were later severely beaten and died under circumstances that have yet to be explained...
Both Peres and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, his Likud-bloc partner in the ruling coalition, continue to oppose any investigation that might reveal the ( inner workings of the Shin Bet. "The Shin Bet," said Shamir last week, "can be examined," but "without revealing its secrets." Harish is shortly expected to appoint an investigator or a small commission of inquiry. One crucial question will be how much of the findings will be made public...