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Shin Bet

Israel's internal security service
Organization security_agency Q380238
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Summary

Shin Bet is a security agency[1]. It draws 25,272 Wikipedia views per month (security agency category, ranking #4 of 39).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: counterintelligence[3]
  • Country: Israel[4]
  • Instance of: government agency[5]
  • Follows: Shai[6]
  • Headquarters location: Tel Aviv[7]
  • Commons category: Israel Security Agency[8]
  • Inception: February 8, 1949[9]
  • Significant event: detention of Bezalel Smotrich suspected for planning sabotage[10]
  • Official website: https://www.shabak.gov.il/[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Shin Bet[12]
  • Director / manager: David Zini[13]
  • Replaces: Shai[14]
  • Native label: שירות הביטחון הכללי[15]
  • Different from: General Security Service[16]
  • Social media followers: 5000[17], 5640[18], 7500[19], 8720[20], 9710[21], 10,500[22], 11,600[23]

Why It Matters

Shin Bet has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Israel Tel Aviv

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · C960657 · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → Shin_Bet
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1949-02-08T00:00:00Z
    Topic's main category → Category:Shin Bet
    Headquarters location → Tel Aviv
    Instance of → —
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