So for this last round of edits in The Vase, I will call the Israeli Security Agency Shin Bet. That's what I'm told it's called in The Gatekeepers, which, btw, I'd like to see. But it's not playing anywhere in my vicinity that I can find. Not yet, anyway. Maybe it just hasn't arrived yet. But if it does, I'll be sure to see it.
At any rate, since I'm told it's called only Shin Bet in that movie, I think I'll follow suit and call it that. Not Shabak, and not the ISA. After all, I was calling Mossad Mossad, and not the English equivalent. (Although I'm not sure it has an English equivalent.) But Shin Bet sounds better than the Israel Security Agency. And furthermore, I already have several references to the IDF. I don't want to compound my manuscript with another three letter organization that starts with an I. So after a night's worth of deliberation, at least for now, I'm settling on Shin Bet.
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