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Ben-Gvir hopes for another national security term or to appoint 'someone from the ministry on my behalf'

Ben-Gvir's chief of staff, Hanamel Dorfman, susepcted of attempting to influence investigations into Jewish terrorism, stood by his side as he said he intends to either run for ano...

Ben-Gvir confidant set to become the Police's chief legal adviser

The attorney general approved the appointment of Eiran Nahon, a close confidant of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. The new adviser will head the organization's prosecut...

Smotrich taps loyalist, ex-settlement treasurer for top Finance Ministry post

Smotrich picked Israel Malachi, who previously served as treasurer of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council in the central West Bank, in a role overseeing state fund transfers to set...

David Zini: A ticking time bomb inside Israel's internal security agency

Netanyahu tapped Zini to cancel his testimony and do his bidding. Now the Shin Bet chief is rattling the agency from within with his chauvinistic tendencies. Israel's next prime mi...

Former PM Bennett taps ex-top officials to join new party ahead of comeback bid

Keren Terner, a former Finance Ministry director general, and Liran Avisar Ben-Horin, ex-Communications Ministry chief, are set for senior roles, bringing experience in economic po...

Sharon Sharabi, brother of ex-hostage Eli Sharabi, joins Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu

“Avigdor Liberman is a true right-wing leader, and the only one in the political system who was not part of the conception," Sharabi said upon joining the party.

Shin Bet Chief joins defense minister in stalling charges against Likud lawmaker

Defense Minister Israel Katz, who has for months refused to sign a confidentiality document needed to advance charges against Tally Gotliv, asked Shin Bet chief David Zini to waive...

Netanyahu confidant Tzachi Braverman set to be charged in Bibileaks investigation affair

Netanyahu's former chief of staff was summoned by the Attorney General to a pre-indictment hearing on charges of fraud, breach of trust and obstruction of justice, suspected of hav...

Israeli opposition slams decision to reverse barring of Netanyahu aide and key Qatargate suspect from Prime Minister's O...

In November, the Shin Bet informed the security chief of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office of a 'specific directive' barring the prime minister's aide and spokesman from a...

By legitimizing Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu makes Kahane's heir the real Israeli real prime minister

In 2021, Netanyahu said that Ben-Gvir would never serve as a minister under him. Yet when the political crunch came a year later, he appointed him to a senior cabinet post in a fat...

Smotrich tried to fire top spokesperson over critical social media posts

Israel's finance minister was enraged over perceived criticism of government policy by National Insurance Institute spokesperson. Her posts said that the Knesset hadn't yet finaliz...

Ben-Gvir says attorney general 'spurring constitutional crisis' by calling for his dismissal

The far-right minister claimed there is no evidence that he interferes in police appointments or operations – and that his continued tenure as national security minister was decide...

Election year economics: How the Netanyahu government is sneaking through settlement tax breaks

Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is focused on tax breaks for Israeli settlers living deep in the West Bank, a Likud MK is arming allies with bribe money and the Knesset...

Sources: Israel's former U.K. envoy Tzipi Hotovely to head Israeli hasbara amid Netanyahu staff shakeup

Pending government approval, the former ambassador and Likud politician could soon return to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, filling the hasbara director post that...

Israel's top court limits Ben-Gvir's authority to appoint senior police officers

After Wednesday's hearing on the national security minister's alleged politicization of the police, a temporary injunction issued by the justices mandated 'sensitive' senior appoin...

Likud's culture minister questioned in Histadrut labor federation corruption probe

Culture Minister Miki Zohar has denied any wrongdoing after a 12-hour questioning; police suspect insurance businessman Ezra Gabai traded political backing for favors in the sprawl...

MAGA, Israel-style: Netanyahu just hired his 'deep state' theorist-in-chief

Amidst Iranian missile barrages, eye-watering threats and cease-fire negotiations, Netanyahu's appointment last week of a new chief of staff barely registered. It should have

Israel's top court hears petitions to remove Ben-Gvir over alleged police politicization

AG warns of urgent need to halt the far-right minister's harm to civil liberties and democratic order via police interference; outside the supreme court, a Netanyahu minister says...

Israeli national security minister tells court he will approve police chief blocked after dispute over loyalty

Ben-Gvir said he would sign off on the chief superintendent's promotion, who expressed positions contrary to the security minister. The attorney general said blocking her promotion...

Yesh Atid MKs to 'Post': Lapid-Bennett alliance boosts opposition bloc, party to remain intact

Ben Ari, who serves as the opposition coordinator in the Knesset, described the merger as “an amazing thing” and said it has given hope to many citizens in the country.

Bennett vows October 7 probe, constitution as first acts in government at party conference with Lapid

The former prime minister compared himself to a groom at his first meeting with his future in-laws, addressing Yesh Atid activists and members. He slammed Netanyahu and declared h...

Don’t dismiss Israel’s most rage-baiting minister as fringe

As Israel drifts toward another election campaign, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir this week offered voters — and the world — a grotesque glimpse of where a large branch...

Shin Bet lifts ban on Qatargate suspect accessing Netanyahu's office, reversing prior opinion

Yonatan Urich, an advisor to the Israeli prime minister, has been barred from his boss' bureau due to suspicions he has committed security offenses

Netanyahu's double disaster gives Naftali Bennett hope