A new recording of a conversation between A., the head of the Shin Bet’s Jewish Division, and Cdr. Avishai Mualem, the commander of the Yehuda and Shomron Police Unit, was revealed on Sunday evening. The report follows the furor that arose following a Kan News report on Motzei Shabbos exposing A. as disparagingly referring to settlers and saying that they are routinely arrested without evidence and thrown into jail “with the mice.” Channel 14 revealed a conversation between the two that took place three days after the Hamas massacre on October 7. What was A. concerned about after Hamas’s grisly murder of 1,200 people, abduction of 251 people, and other atrocities? “The Jews are arming themselves,” he complained to Mualem. Mualem: “What’s the problem with that? We went through a massacre, it’s natural for them to arm themselves legally.” A.: “There is illegal weaponry in Yitzhar.” When Mualem pressed him about what he was referring to, he admitted that he meant a number of regular pistol bullets. In the wake of the public outcry following the report, A. stepped down from his position until the completion of an investigation into the issue. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)