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Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai speaks during a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, June 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
Police chief says he won’t seek 4th year in office ‘under these conditions’
By ToI Staff
Kobi Shabtai, who has had a series of public disagreements with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, says he is not looking to extend his time in position
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Moafaq Tarif in his office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
Netanyahu announces brief pause to wind turbine construction in Golan Heights
By ToI Staff
Rescue workers search for survivors after an explosion at Israeli military headquarters in the Lebanese city of Tyre in 1982. (Wikimedia Commons/IDF Archive)
Israel launches formal inquiry into 1982 blast at IDF headquarters in Lebanon war
By Emanuel Fabian
Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai speaks during a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, June 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 8:56 pm
Police chief says he won’t seek 4th year in office ‘under these conditions’
Kobi Shabtai, who has had a series of public disagreements with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, says he is not looking to extend his time in position
By ToI Staff
Rescue workers search for survivors after an explosion at Israeli military headquarters in the Lebanese city of Tyre in 1982. (Wikimedia Commons/IDF Archive)
June 25, 2023, 6:31 pm
Israel launches formal inquiry into 1982 blast at IDF headquarters in Lebanon war
Officials long claimed that explosion which killed 91 people in Tyre was a gas leak, but probe launched last year says there’s reason to believe it was a Hezbollah suicide bombing
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Moafaq Tarif in his office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 25, 2023, 5:58 am
Netanyahu announces brief pause to wind turbine construction in Golan Heights
PM says project on hold until after Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday; follows Druze leader’s warning against a community reaction that ‘the country has hitherto not seen’
By ToI Staff
Officers of Border Police's West Bank undercover unit are seen operating in the West Bank city of Jenin, following a roadside bombing wounding Israeli troops, June 19, 2023. (Israel Police)
June 23, 2023, 1:27 pm
Police footage shows moment troops targeted by Jenin roadside bomb, rescue operation
‘Guys, calm down, we just drove over an explosive device,’ commander says over radio; 7 soldiers were hurt in blast targeting APC in West Bank city
By Emanuel Fabian
Jewish extremists from the Or l'Achim and Lehava organizations scuffle with police outside a Messianic Jewish convention in Jerusalem, June 22, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 23, 2023, 11:28 am
Jewish extremists try to interrupt Messianic Jewish event in Jerusalem
Protesters attempt to break into main hall, block participants from getting to convention; police arrest activist for allegedly attacking officer
By Michael Horovitz
Druze community members protest against the construction of a new wind farm in the Golan Heights, June 21, 2023 (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
June 22, 2023, 2:58 pm
Ben Gvir overrules police on freezing wind farm project, despite riots – reports
Far-right minister vows work will continue despite two days of protests, violence; police chief reportedly wanted contentious work paused until after next week’s Eid al-Adha
By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner
Illustrative: The Arazim Tunnel is decorated with special lights for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, September 24, 2007 (Michal Fattal/Flash90)
June 22, 2023, 9:55 am
3 cops injured in chase after suspected car thief drives through roadblock
Police vehicle involved in accident during pursuit; suspect arrested after stolen vehicle overturns in separate incident
By ToI Staff
Tear gas fumes fill the air as members of the Druze community gather with their flags in a protest against an Israeli wind turbine project near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on June 21, 2023. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP)
June 21, 2023, 3:59 pm
4 Druze seriously injured, 12 cops hurt in massive riots against Golan wind farm
Official warns of ‘intifada’ amid anger at project near farmland; police stress program is legal; protesters said to use live fire, firebombs to try and overrun police position
By Michael Bachner
Commander of the Coastal District of the Israel Police Yoram Sofer at a ceremony for incoming National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 4:31 pm
Police chief said to speak out against possible replacement who backs Ben Gvir
In leaks from closed-door meeting, Commissioner Shabtai is heard saying force will preserve the right to protest as senior cops discuss coastal region chief Yoram Sofer
By ToI Staff
People sit alongside the Bat Yam promenade on March 4, 2017. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 11:22 am
Lifeguard under heavy police protection after shooting alleged criminal
Witnesses support lifeguard’s claim he fired at Dudu Abergil in self-defense, seriously wounding him
By ToI Staff
Coastal Region Police Commander Yoram Sofer Yoram Sofer at a ceremony in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 18, 2023, 11:51 pm
Police chief candidate backs tough approach toward ‘thuggery’ of overhaul protesters
‘With me, they won’t shut down roads,’ says Yoram Sofer, who recently ordered a crackdown on demonstrators outside Netanyahu residence in Caesarea
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, right, and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai at the Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem April 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 18, 2023, 9:07 pm
High Court issues interim injunction on law expanding Ben Gvir’s power over police
Far-right minister slams court, urges passing judicial overhaul ‘in its entirety’ as justices signal they’re seriously considering striking down legislation
By ToI Staff
A screenshot from video of masked suspects firing into the air during a wedding procession in the southern Bedouin town of Tel Sheva, June 16, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 18, 2023, 8:17 pm
2 arrested over video of masked gunmen firing into air at Bedouin wedding procession
Suspects to appear before court for remand hearing Monday, as police wage struggle to cap spiraling gang violence in Arab community
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a suspected homicide in Ashdod, February 21, 2023. (Flash90)
June 17, 2023, 11:28 pm
Man shot dead in Ashkelon in apparent underworld hit
Victim, reportedly part of Domrani crime organization, gunned down on street as mob violence spikes nationwide
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) at a conference in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023, and Ronen Bar (right), head of the Shin Bet security agency speaks at a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, September 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel; Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 17, 2023, 9:42 pm
Shin Bet said set to oppose bill granting Ben Gvir administrative detention power
Police and attorney general also expected to oppose proposal allowing detention of Israeli citizens for six months without trial amid wave of Arab community killings
By ToI Staff
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