Professor Shay Hazkani's advocacy for declassification spotlighted by Akevot animation
November 09, 2026
He petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court to open the Shin Bet archives to the public.
In a recently released animated short, Israeli NGO Akevot spotlights UMD History Professor Shay Hazkani's legal advocacy for the declassification of materials from the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security and counterintelligence agency. In the brief film, animated with assistance from AI and in Hebrew with English subtitles, Hazkani explains the significance of the closed archive and how access to these documents would change the historical narrative.
The animated short can be viewed at this YouTube link.