Tzachi Hanegbi

Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish a fire set by settlers in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

June 24, 2023, 8:12 am

US calls to bring ‘extremist settlers’ to justice for attacks against Palestinians

In a call between national security advisers, White House expresses ‘deep concern’ over situation in West Bank, urges Israel to halt planned settlement expansions

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

A Moroccan army vehicle drives past car wreckage in Guerguerat located in the Western Sahara on November 24, 2020, after an intervention of the royal Moroccan armed forces in the area. (Fadel Senna/AFP)

June 7, 2023, 8:44 pm

Israel said to mull recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara

Move would open door for Jerusalem and Rabat to upgrade to full diplomatic ties, Reuters reports, as national security adviser visits North African kingdom

By ToI Staff

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar during a speech marking Memorial day at the agency's headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 25, 2023. (Screenshot/Shin Bet)

June 2, 2023, 5:00 am

Shin Bet chief in Washington for talks with US officials fearful of PA collapse

Ronen Bar slated to have meetings at CIA and White House, which also hosted top Netanyahu aides Thursday for talks on Iran, Russia and Ukraine, Palestinians

By Jacob Magid

File: Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi (R) meets with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Muscat, on April, 25, 2023. (AFP)

May 31, 2023, 8:14 am

US reportedly looking to Oman to broker new Iran nuclear talks

Washington said to rebuff Israeli officials’ concern it is seeking a ‘time-out’ with Tehran that could keep some enrichment activity intact

By ToI Staff

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaks at a conference of the Makor Rishon newspaper at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, February 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

May 28, 2023, 9:05 pm

Deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia is ‘absolutely possible,’ says ex-Mossad chief

Yossi Cohen, citing ‘personal knowledge’ of potential dealings, strikes optimistic note, as senior Netanyahu aides said to be headed for Washington

By Lazar Berman

From left to right: Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Council chairman Tzachi Hanegbi at the State Department in Washington on March 7, 2023. (Antony Blinken/Twitter)

May 24, 2023, 9:46 pm

Top Netanyahu aides to visit US for talks on Iran, Saudi Arabia — report

Dermer and Hanegbi said set to meet with top Biden officials in Washington amid concerns over Tehran’s new underground nuclear site, hopes for direct Hajj flights

By ToI Staff

IDF chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks at a conference hosted by the Institute for Policy and Strategy of Reichman University in Herzliya on May 23, 2023 (Gilad Kavalerchik)

May 23, 2023, 4:44 pm

IDF chief on Iran nuke program: ‘Negative developments’ could prompt Israeli response

Halevi says Israel’s capabilities against Iran are ‘good’ but need to be enhanced; national security adviser insists even bunker-buster-bomb-proof nuclear site can ‘be reached’

By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman

Rockets are fired from Gaza City towards Israel on May 13, 2023.(MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

May 14, 2023, 6:00 am

Israel, US, UN thank Egypt for role in mediating ceasefire with Islamic Jihad in Gaza

UN lauds truce, calls on all parties to observe deal; national security adviser warns Israel ‘will do everything it needs to to protect itself’; Washington also thanks Qatar

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

Illustrative photo of Palestinian fishermen paddling their small boat a few hundred meters off the beach of Gaza City while casting their nets in search of small fish on August 10, 2014. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt)

May 6, 2023, 6:15 pm

Top security officials deliberating potential development of offshore gas for Gaza

National security adviser acknowledges internal discussions, which TV report says are linked to recent Israel-PA contacts, but insists no deal until Hamas returns soldiers’ bodies

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, right, during the opening of the summer session of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 2, 2023, 4:04 am

White House reiterates Netanyahu visit not yet planned, after McCarthy vows invite

National Security Council spokesperson says premier will get invitation at some point, after Republican House speaker says he’ll invite Netanyahu to Washington if Biden doesn’t

By ToI Staff

Left: US President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony for fallen soldiers at the Yad LeBanim House on the eve of Memorial Day, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)

April 29, 2023, 10:16 am

Hanegbi: Judicial overhaul is reason Biden hasn’t invited Netanyahu to White House

National security adviser warns enemies shouldn’t mistake internal divisions for weakness, says premier committed to thwarting nuclear Iran, advancing Saudi Arabia ties

By ToI Staff

A composite photo showing unlaunched rockets found by the Lebanese army in the Qlaileh area, southern Lebanon, April 8, 2023. (Lebanese army)

April 8, 2023, 10:00 pm

Lebanese army finds more rockets aimed at Israel, 2 days after worst barrage in years

Soldiers locate unlaunched projectiles in southern Qlaileh area, after about 34 were fired from territory on Thursday night; Hanegbi defends Israeli response as ‘not weak’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Hezbollah fighters pose with the terror group's flags (yellow) and flags bearing the names of venerated Shiite Muslim figures (black) during a ceremony to lay the foundation for a site for 'jihadist tourism,' at a camp formerly run by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Lebanon to train Hezbollah fighters, in the Janta region in the east of the country, on August 19, 2022. (AFP)

April 4, 2023, 9:40 am

Key IDF intelligence unit said to warn overhaul harming Israeli security, deterrence

Research division’s ominous assessment said to have prompted Gallant to urge pause to legislative blitz; report warns that Israel’s enemies see potential weakness in societal rifts

By ToI Staff

March 7, 2023, 8:00 am

Dermer, Hanegbi meet with senior US officials in DC amid West Bank tensions

Israeli delegation sits down with US Secretary of State Blinken and National Security Adviser Sullivan as White House pushes ‘steps to restore calm,’ weighs barring Smotrich

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses the Hawara terror attack, February 26, 2023 (screenshot/PMO)

February 26, 2023, 9:49 pm

Netanyahu rushes to deny settlement freeze announced after Aqaba summit

Joint communiqué says Jerusalem won’t discuss new West Bank units for 4 months, authorize outposts for 6 months, but PM, Hanegbi insist ‘there is no change in Israeli policy’

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid