A hearing debating the legitimacy of the government's appointment of retired IDF Maj.-Gen. David Zini to head the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) began on Tuesday before Supreme Court Chief Justice Isaac Amit, Deputy Justice Noam Sohlberg, and Justice David Mintz. Zini was sworn in as head of the intelligence agency last month, following the appointment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Opposition figures and civil organizations, including former Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman, Ami Ayalon,