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Topic: Sayeret Matkal

January 18, 2013
3:47 am

Chuck Norris gives his stamp of approval to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the Israeli elections. (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube)

Netanyahu wins Norris nod

Action star comes out swinging, says Israel has its own ‘tough guy’ in prime minister

By Ron Friedman

January 17, 2013
5:27 am

Iran pegs PM’s wife as commando

Press TV reports Naftali Bennett joke that he a took a terrorism course with Sara Netanyahu as fact

By Times of Israel staff

December 28, 2012
12:44 am

Naftali Bennett speaks at a Yeshiva in Ashdod, Tuesday (photo credit: Ariel Schalit/AP)

Is Jewish Home led by a modern, liberal extremist?

Naftali Bennett — a well-spoken high-tech millionaire who opposes a Palestinian state ‘in our country’ — is gaining power at the expense of his old boss, Benjamin Netanyahu

By Aron Heller

December 21, 2012
10:49 am

Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem (photo credit: Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

Jewish Home leader Bennett slammed for sanctioning insubordination in the IDF

If ordered to evacuate a settler from his home, ‘my conscience won’t allow me to do it,’ popular political newcomer says

By Elie Leshem

December 18, 2012
11:29 pm

Poll shows nationalist Jewish Home could be third largest party in Knesset

Channel 2 survey finds secular, traditional and under-40s among Naftali Bennett’s supporters; party could get 12 seats

By Greg Tepper and Raphael Ahren

November 1, 2012
12:16 pm

Abu Jihad, Fatah's former military commander and co-founder, killed by Israel in 1988 (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

24 years later, Israel acknowledges top-secret operation that killed Fatah terror chief

‘I shot him with a long burst of fire,’ says special ops commander Nahum Lev, detailing the mission to neutralize Abu Jihad in Tunis in 1988

By Michal Shmulovich

October 29, 2012
9:35 am

Ehud Barak at the memorial ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of former Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin's assassination, at the president's house in Jerusalem on October 25, 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The rise — and fall? — of Ehud Barak

After decades in politics, the defense minister might not make it into the next Knesset

By Aron Heller

October 25, 2012
4:21 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu as a soldier in Sayeret Matkal (Photo credit: Wikicommons/ GPO)

Saving Sergeant Netanyahu

How Israel’s future prime minister was nearly killed in his first battle, as recalled by the comrades who rescued him while under Egyptian fire in the waters of the Suez Canal

By Mitch Ginsburg

September 8, 2012
7:32 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) former deputy chief of staff and national security adviser Uzi Dayan (center) and Defense Minister Ehud Barak (AP/Oded Balilty)

Former commandos dominate Israeli politics

Avi Dichter’s ministerial appointment underlines the centrality of veterans of Netanyahu’s old military unit, the elite Sayeret Matkal

By Aron Heller

August 16, 2012
6:25 pm

Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin congratulates incoming Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter on Thursday (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

Knesset swears in Avi Dichter as home front defense minister

Former Shin Bet head joins Israel’s inner security cabinet, where he could serve as a tie-breaker in the event of a vote on an Iran strike

By Times of Israel staff

August 15, 2012
5:00 pm

Kadima MK Avi Dichter (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Government unanimously approves Dichter as home front defense minister

Knesset set to vote on the former Kadima MK’s appointment on Thursday

By Sam Ser and Ilan Ben Zion

August 15, 2012
1:49 pm

On Iran, defense secretaries and home defense ministers

The press reports on Leon Panetta’s statement that Israel hasn’t decided to strike Iran, and Avi Dichter’s split from Kadima to join the government

By Ilan Ben Zion

August 14, 2012
2:15 am

Kadima MK quits Knesset to join government as home front protection minister

Avi Dichter’s appointment, settled in late night meetings with Netanyahu and Barak, further weakens rift-riven party

By Sam Ser

August 8, 2012
12:29 am

A camouflaged traffic police officer encamped on the side of the highway. (photo credit: Image capture from Channel 2)

Hidden cops bust speeders

Drivers tearing up the road can’t see these camouflaged police officers

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 24, 2012
8:39 pm

Haggai Linik is far right. His oldest brother, Zohar, is closest to his mother. Maya Linik remembers washing Benjamin Netanyahu's clothes over the weekend when the future prime minister served alongside her son (Photo credit: Courtesy Haggai Linik)

Baring the face of bereavement

Haggai Linik’s Sapir Prize-winning novel is an unflinching and emotionally grueling look at the way a death in uniform seeps into the soul of a family

By Mitch Ginsburg

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Sayeret Matkal

Netanyahu wins Norris nod

Action star comes out swinging, says Israel has its own ‘tough guy’ in prime minister

Iran pegs PM’s wife as commando

Press TV reports Naftali Bennett joke that he a took a terrorism course with Sara Netanyahu as fact

Is Jewish Home led by a modern, liberal extremist?

Naftali Bennett — a well-spoken high-tech millionaire who opposes a Palestinian state ‘in our country’ — is gaining power at the expense of his old boss, Benjamin Netanyahu

Jewish Home leader Bennett slammed for sanctioning insubordination in the IDF

If ordered to evacuate a settler from his home, ‘my conscience won’t allow me to do it,’ popular political newcomer says

Poll shows nationalist Jewish Home could be third largest party in Knesset

Channel 2 survey finds secular, traditional and under-40s among Naftali Bennett’s supporters; party could get 12 seats

24 years later, Israel acknowledges top-secret operation that killed Fatah terror chief

‘I shot him with a long burst of fire,’ says special ops commander Nahum Lev, detailing the mission to neutralize Abu Jihad in Tunis in 1988

The rise — and fall? — of Ehud Barak

After decades in politics, the defense minister might not make it into the next Knesset

Saving Sergeant Netanyahu

How Israel’s future prime minister was nearly killed in his first battle, as recalled by the comrades who rescued him while under Egyptian fire in the waters of the Suez Canal

Former commandos dominate Israeli politics

Avi Dichter’s ministerial appointment underlines the centrality of veterans of Netanyahu’s old military unit, the elite Sayeret Matkal

Knesset swears in Avi Dichter as home front defense minister

Former Shin Bet head joins Israel’s inner security cabinet, where he could serve as a tie-breaker in the event of a vote on an Iran strike

Government unanimously approves Dichter as home front defense minister

Knesset set to vote on the former Kadima MK’s appointment on Thursday

On Iran, defense secretaries and home defense ministers

The press reports on Leon Panetta’s statement that Israel hasn’t decided to strike Iran, and Avi Dichter’s split from Kadima to join the government

Kadima MK quits Knesset to join government as home front protection minister

Avi Dichter’s appointment, settled in late night meetings with Netanyahu and Barak, further weakens rift-riven party

Hidden cops bust speeders

Drivers tearing up the road can’t see these camouflaged police officers

Baring the face of bereavement

Haggai Linik’s Sapir Prize-winning novel is an unflinching and emotionally grueling look at the way a death in uniform seeps into the soul of a family

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