Israeli intelligence rocked by revelation agent was sent to West Bank for tahini

Israeli intelligence has been rocked by the revelation an agent was sent to the West Bank to get luxury tahini from a Palestinian village.

According to Israeli television news, Unit 504, the military intelligence department the runs the country's spies, sent an undercover agent to buy jars of the prized tahini that can be found there.

The Times reported that this enraged the head of the IDF who ordered a military police investigation. 

One official admitted an agent had bought tahini under orders but insisted the agent had needed to be in the village anyway.