Shin Bet did not have the authority, even under the defense of "necessity," to employ such methods. This ruling was hailed as landmark against using torture on Palestinian prisoners. Shabak claims it now uses only psychological means, although B'Tselem and Amnesty International continue to accuse Shabak of employing physical methods that amount to torture under international conventions. In 2015, Physicians for Human Rights–Israel noted that petitions against Shin Bet had quadrupled since 2012, and claimed that over the past several years of 850 complaints against Shin Bet for torture none had yet been investigated. It further claimed that no system of legal
A Very Secret Service (writer Halin also helped write the OSS 117 films, and "Les Guignols"). The show uses historical events as background or foreground for its action, similar to "Mad Men" (such as the Algerian war of independence and the first French nuclear test, Gerboise Bleue). Arte's president of fiction, Olivier Wotling, confirmed a second season to "Le Figaro"s TV Magazine on July 3, 2016. A Very Secret Service A Very Secret Service () is a French comedy-drama series created by Jean-François Halin and produced by Gilles de Verdière. It was commissioned by Arte, where it premiered in 2015, and was later distributed