A Jerusalem scene. The Shin Bet said Jewish terror group it is investigating envisions “overthrowing the government of Israel through violent means.” Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency made a second rare public statement on Thursday responding at “slander” attempts they say are meant to discredit and disrupt the organization’s probe into an “anti-Zionist organization” that “believes the state of Israel has no right to exist” and is working to violently overthrow the Israeli government.

The Shin Bet, which is carrying out an investigation into “a Jewish terror cell…which is behind severe terror attacks motivated by an extremist, anti-Zionist ideology,” the group’s vision is “overthrowing the government of Israel through violent means (including the murder of Palestinians), starting a rebellion in order to crown a king, undermining relations between Israel and other countries, kicking out non-Jews and harming minorities.”

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