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Head of the Shin Bet David Zini on November 3, 2025. (Moshe Shai/ FLASH90)

Shin Bet chief David Zini is seeking to question four Arab politicians in a case of alleged foreign election interference, but hasn’t provided prosecutors with evidence regarding three of them, according to a report on Tuesday, sparking a rare public rebuke of the security chief from the attorney general, who accused him of subverting democratic norms.

The three are Ra’am party head Mansour Abbas, Ta’al faction leader Ahmad Tibi and Balad faction chief Sami Abu Shehadeh — the latter of whom was disqualified from running in last week’s election — according to the i24News outlet.

The fourth is a senior Joint List MK, whose name is barred from publication and against whom there reportedly is “wall-to-wall” agreement of compelling evidence.

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The report said that although Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has asked to receive the evidence ahead of a decision on…