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Top row: Former Mossad chiefs from L to R: Danny Yatom, Tamir Pardo, Zvi Zamir, Shabtai Shavit, Nahum Admoni and Efraim Halevy. Bottom row: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Reuven Rivlin host a candle lighting ceremony for of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah at the President's residence in Jerusalem on December 18, 2014. (Haim Zach / GPO)
March 28, 2018, 12:55 am
Ex-Mossad chief: Israel ‘dangerously sick’ under Netanyahu’s leadership
Five former spymasters say PM eroding country's core values, decry 'pervasive' culture of corruption under his tenure
By TOI staff
Former Mossad chief Efraim Haley (L), Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud, former chief of Saudi intelligence (C) and Michèle Flournoy, former US undersecretary of defense for policy (R) talk with the Israel Policy Forum's executive director David Halperin during a panel discussion at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center in New York City on October 22, 2017 (Screen capture)
October 23, 2017, 10:09 pm
In NY synagogue, Saudi Royal and ex-Mossad chief debate Trump’s Iran approach
'After Trump decertifies nuke deal and vows to leave it if Congress doesn't make changes,' Efrain Halevy says deal should 'focus on the nuclear issue and nothing else'
By Eric Cortellessa
Illustrative photo of a rally in North Korea (Shutterstock)
August 10, 2017, 9:22 am
The curious tale of Israel’s short-lived courtship of North Korea
25 years after the Foreign Ministry and Mossad each sent a delegation to Pyongyang trying to stop it from selling arms to Israel's enemies, the episode still stirs up bitterness and controversy
By Raphael Ahren
Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Ziv (R), the Israeli guard who was stabbed in the Amman embassy complex earlier this week, and Israel's ambassador to Jordan Einat Schlein (not pictured), at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 25, 2017. Haim Zach / GPO)
July 28, 2017, 3:00 am
Ex-Mossad chief: Israel embarrassed a key ally for sake of public opinion
Efraim Halevy says government emptied embassy in Jordan when it was needed most, rebukes politicians for escalating Temple Mount crisis by focusing on sovereignty rather than security
By Judah Ari Gross
David Grossman always likes reading to kids, being "tourists" in the same story (photo credit: Jorge Novominsky/Flash 90)
March 30, 2017, 2:59 pm
Sunday’s Grossman interview will culminate our first, terrific, ToI Presents series
Op-Ed: Thanks for making our opening set of English-speaking events such a success. And be sure not to miss Sunday's finale
By David Horovitz
Efraim Halevy is interviewed by the Times of Israel's David Horovitz, February 26, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 27, 2017, 2:00 pm
Ex-Mossad chief: On thwarting Iran, Netanyahu should be speaking to Putin, not Trump
Former spymaster Efraim Halevy shares anecdotes, analysis on Russia, Iran and the Palestinians at sold-out Times of Israel event
By Judah Ari Gross
Efraim Halevy (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
February 20, 2017, 10:44 am
Ex-Mossad chief to discuss Trump’s America, Russian intel, Israeli strategy and more at Times of Israel event
Efraim Halevy to give rare public interview in Jerusalem next Sunday
By David Horovitz
Moshe Ya'alon in the Knesset on March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2016, 7:26 pm
Ya’alon rips coalition chair for scorning security chiefs as ‘leftist’
Ousted defense minister says Likud MK David Bitan enabling 'dangerous political attempts to destroy the security establishment'
By TOI staff
Coalition Chairman MK David Bitan on January 11, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 25, 2016, 2:12 pm
Coalition chair: Security chiefs ‘all become leftists’ on the job
Likud MK David Bitan says 'there's a problem' with officials that lead Mossad, Shin Bet, as their positions take them left over time
By TOI staff
Former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy (photo credit: CC BY-SA Eli Itkin/Wikimedia Commons)
April 1, 2016, 1:11 pm
Ex-Mossad chief: I broke the law ‘doing what I was doing’
Efraim Halevy tells Jewish students in London he can't give details of his activities as he has no desire 'to spend the rest of my life in jail'
By TOI staff
Convert 'Katya' and her daughter sit before the independent Giyur Kahalacha conversion court, led by Rabbi Nahum Rabinovitch (center) on August 10, 2015. (courtesy/file)
August 12, 2015, 10:06 am
Will new conversion court rend or repair the fabric of Israeli society?
With a recalcitrant state conversion program and a growing class of 'religionless' FSU immigrants, a group of respected national Zionist rabbis are promoting conversion 'as it should be'
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
US Secretary of State John Kerry quotes a Washington Post article, which cites Israeli ex-security personnel who supposedly support the Iran nuclear deal, during a Senate hearing on July 23, 2015. (Screen capture: RollCall)
August 4, 2015, 6:18 am
Despite White House claims, Israel’s security chiefs are split on Iran deal
Obama administration keeps hailing defense officials' ostensible backing of nuclear accord loathed by Netanyahu; but the picture is far more nuanced
By Judah Ari Gross
Actor Jack Black participating in a comedic video released July 28, 2015 that supports the Iran deal (YouTube screen capture)
July 29, 2015, 9:49 pm
Jack Black urges Americans to back Iran nuke deal
WATCH: In new comedic video, Morgan Freeman and other stars warn against ‘hot-headed members of Congress playing with national security’
By JTA
Former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy (CC BY-SA Eli Itkin/Wikimedia Commons)
July 24, 2015, 10:25 pm
Ex-Mossad chief: Some aspects of Iran deal are good for Israel
Efraim Halevy criticizes Netanyahu for approach to agreement, laments Israel has no one in DC with whom to hold 'discreet' conversations
By TOI staff
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks on NBC's Today show on July 24, 2015 about the Iranian nuclear deal. (Screenshot/NBC)
July 24, 2015, 4:45 pm
Kerry: Israeli strike on Iran would be ‘huge mistake’
US top diplomat touts support of former Mossad, Shin Bet heads for controversial nuclear accord
By TOI staff
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