National security

Israel's national security should not be sold out by its citizens - editorial

No cost-of-living crisis, no debt, no alienation, no anger at the government, and no political despair can justify endangering neighbors and country for payment.

Israeli prison service guards operate in a special wing of Israeli citizens accused of spying for Iran, in the Damon Prison, in the Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel, northern Israel, July 1, 2025.
A general view of Hagai (El Wad) Street in the Muslim Quarter, as seen from the roof top of Ateret Cohanim yeshiva in Jerusalem Old City, December 29, 2016.

Ben-Gvir approves 41 Jerusalem neighborhoods with 300,000 residents for gun license eligibility

Palestinian boys play football on a pitch surrounded by Israeli flags in the village of Umm al-Kheir, east of Yatta in the south of the West Bank, on February 12, 2026.

Inside the 'post-war' debate about annexing West Bank among right-leaning security officials

A woman pets her cat as they take cover in a bomb shelter amid sirens warning of incoming missile fired from Iran on March 01, 2026 in Netanya, Israel.

Israel's public morale shifts dramatically amid Iran war, survey finds


Knesset approves Israel's 2025 budget despite threats of opposition

The national budget for 2025 will be around NIS 607.4 billion. The government has also approved budget adjustments totaling about NIS 37 billion.

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. (Illustrative)

Ben-Gvir’s Chief of Staff Chanamel Dorfman raises security amid 'Level Five' threats

The rise in the minister’s chief of staff security level requires additional security personnel around Dorfman, and accompany him through the day and night.

 Chanamel Dorfman seen during a tour of Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir in Lod, April 17, 2023.

Netanyahu knew of Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount ascent in advance, minister says

Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf defended his Temple Mount visit on Tisha B'Av, stating it was coordinated and criticizing Jewish condemnations.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024

Israel Police arrest four in Ben-Gvir's ministry for firearm license bribery

The suspects include a licensing official at the National Security Ministry, as well as three officials who worked to collect firearm license applications and approve them.

 Illustrative image of a man at a shooting range.

Israeli government to extend Al Jazeera ban to November 30

The proposal to ban the site is based on documents from the defense ministry, which were not made public, that claimed that Al Jazeera's broadcasts posed a national security threat.

 The logo of Qatar-based Al-Jazeera network is seen in one of their offices in Jerusalem

Israel extends Al Jazeera ban by 45 days, cites security threat

The 35-day ban on Al Jazeera operations in Israel, which ended on Saturday, was extended for another 45 days after Israel's telecoms regulator said it posed a threat to national security.

 The entrance to the Al Jazeera studios is seen through a cactus garden in Doha November 30, 2005.

India's support for Israel is not a given - opinion

Hence, there is a need for Israel to establish strong and meaningful connections with various sections of the political spectrum in India.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, raise their arms upon Netanyahu’s arrival at Air Force Station Palam in New Delhi, in 2018.

Itamar Ben-Gvir denied intel briefings; calls claims 'childish'

The Telegraph report: Itamar Ben-Gvir blocked from intel briefings after leak incidents; had prior accusations of illegal photography in classified meetings.

Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir

Texas A&M potentially compromised US nuclear security, pulls plug on Doha campus

The university claims its decision is driven by "growing volatility' in the Middle East.

Texas A&M University campus in Qatar

Ben-Gvir's secretary granted a gun permit without qualifying - report

"The fact that I'm a woman doesn't mean I don't deserve the right to protect myself," Itamar Ben-Gvir's secretary Nili Kadosh said. 

 NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER Itamar Ben-Gvir addresses his Otzma Yehudit faction in the Knesset earlier this month.