Jewish terrorism is a leading Israeli security concern, Israel’s new Shin Bet chief said. “There are right-wing groups that are growing in strength and want to carry out a terrorist attack against the Temple Mount as well as against the prime minister. We are very worried by this,” Yuval Diskin said Tuesday in his first briefing to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
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