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Israel Security Agency

Israel Security Agency
שירות הביטחון הכללי
Sherut haBitaẖon haKlali, General Security Service
جهاز الأمن العام
Common name Shabak
Abbreviation English: ISA, Local: Shabak - Hebrew: שב״כ, Arabic: شاباك
ShabakLogo.png
Emblem of the Shabak
Motto מגן ולא יראה
Magen veLo Yera'e
The Defender that shall not be seen or The unseen shield
Agency overview
Formed February 8, 1949
Preceding agency Shai
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency Israel
Governing body Prime Minister of Israel
General nature
Operational structure
Agency executive Nadav Argaman, Director
Website
www.shabak.gov.il

The Israel Security Agency (ISA, Hebrew: שירות הביטחון הכללי‎‎ Šerut ha-Bitaẖon haKlali "General Security Service"; Arabic: جهاز الأمن العام‎‎), better known by the acronym Shabak (Hebrew: שב״כ‎‎, IPA: [ʃaˈbak], Arabic: شاباك‎‎) or the Shin Bet (a two-letter Hebrew abbreviation of the name), is Israel's internal security service (similar to the British MI5 or the American FBI). Its motto is "Magen veLo Yera'e" (Hebrew: מגן ולא יראה‎‎, lit. "Defender that shall not be seen" or "The unseen shield").

It is one of three principal organizations of the Israeli intelligence community, alongside Aman (military intelligence) and the Mossad (foreign intelligence service). Its special forces unit is Yamas.

Shabak is believed to have three operational wings:

Although a security agency, it is not a part of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and its chief answers directly to the Prime Minister of Israel.


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