MK Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) said that Israel has had an intelligence problem in the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula in recent years, speaking in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday. Mofaz, a former IDF chief, said that regarding those to "In that regard, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Military Intelligence need to put their house in order."Addressing the budget battle between the Finance and Defense Ministries, Mofaz said that ways to reduce the budget must be found without hurting the IDF's capabilities. The IDF budget, he added, "is only one part of the wider defense budget."
