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US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Trump listens to a question from a reporter at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon/File)
August 10, 2026, 11:57 pm
Netanyahu reserves Likud spot for candidate who recently called Trump a ‘morally corrupt piece of shit’
Oren Dobronsky, who slammed US president over Iran MOU, attempts damage control, calling him Israel’s ‘greatest friend’ in White House; PM’s party to seat its first-ever Haredi MK
By Ariela Karmel, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and then-IDF Maj. Gen. David Zini at the Tzeelim training base in southern Israel, May 8, 2025. (GPO)
May 23, 2025, 11:58 am
Netanyahu’s pick for Shin Bet chief ousted from IDF for going behind army chief’s back
Zamir was not consulted ahead of PM’s naming of Maj. Gen. David Zini, an active duty general; PM met Zini during visit to a base this month; PMO: Zini won’t have role in Qatargate probe
By Emanuel Fabian
L to R: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the District Court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, March 12, 2025. (Tomer Appelbaum/POOL); Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 2, 2025, 12:01 pm
PM appoints Shin Bet deputy as interim chief, even as Bar’s firing remains frozen
Netanyahu’s office says he is continuing to interview candidates for the role, insists dismissed incumbent will be out of office by April 10
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi (L) and Navy chief Eli Sharvit (R) arrive at a graduation ceremony for naval officers in Haifa Naval Base, on March 6, 2019. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)
April 1, 2025, 11:39 am
In swift U-turn, Netanyahu nixes nomination of Shin Bet head amid opposition from allies
Just 24 hours after announcing pick, PM recants ‘after further thought,’ say he’ll interview other candidates; Gantz: Move shows ‘political pressure overrides good of the country’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and former Navy chief Vice-Admiral (res.) Eli Sharvit, in a composite image (Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 5:32 pm
Netanyahu seen likely to reverse pick for new Shin Bet head after allies protest choice
Final decision yet to be made amid swirling reports around Eli Sharvit’s anti-government activism; US Rep. Lindsey Graham denounces choice, cites Sharvit op-ed critical of Trump
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Commander of the Israeli Navy, Vice Adm. Eli Sharvit, speaks at a graduating ceremony for new Israel Navy Officers in Haifa Naval Base on March 6, 2019 (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 10:31 am
Netanyahu picks former Navy commander Eli Sharvit to be next head of Shin Bet
PM’s choice to replace Ronen Bar reportedly participated in 2023 judicial overhaul protests, does not speak Arabic and has no background in Palestinian affairs
By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian
Vice Adm. Eli Sharvit arrives on board the Israeli Navy Ship Atzmaut in the Mediterranean Sea, September 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
September 17, 2021, 6:28 am
Israel has vastly boosted Red Sea presence to counter Iran — outgoing navy head
In rare interview days after ending his tenure, Eli Sharvit says missile frigates and submarines are now continuously deployed to protect ships from growing threats posed by Tehran
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Sa'ar 6-class corvette INS Magen is handed over to the Israeli Navy in a ceremony in Germany on November 11, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 11, 2020, 11:30 pm
Navy takes helm of first new warship from Germany to guard gas rigs
INS Magen, first of four Sa’ar 6 corvettes, to sail to Israel where it will be outfitted with sensors, weapons, anti-missile batteries in coming months before deployment
By Judah Ari Gross
One of the women allegedly harassed by Brig. Gen. Shai Elbaz speaks to Channel 12 (Channel 12 screenshot)
October 24, 2019, 4:36 pm
Second navy officer resigns ahead of sexual harassment exposé
TV report focuses on alleged wrongdoing by former head of elite commando unit, who has resigned; second officer’s role not immediately clear
By ToI Staff
Brig. Gen. Shai Elbaz, the outgoing head of IDF naval operations, who resigned in October 2019 amid allegations of past illicit sexual liaisons with subordinates.
October 23, 2019, 8:07 pm
IDF general resigns ahead of TV report on sexual relations with subordinates
Ex-soldiers of Brig. Gen. Shai Elbaz allege he harassed them while commanding elite naval commando unit; IDF chief vows ‘zero tolerance’ for such behavior
By Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli Navy officer inspects the INS Dragon submarine currently being constructed in Kiel, Germany, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 9, 2019, 10:48 pm
New Navy sub to be called ‘Dragon’ after original choice draws fire
Military initially planned to call its 7th submarine ‘Dakar,’ after a vessel that sank mysteriously in 1968 with its 69-man crew, but families of the fallen sailors were opposed
By Judah Ari Gross
Six female recruits for an Israeli Navy pilot program to see if women can serve on warships, at the navy's Haifa Base in November 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 28, 2018, 10:55 pm
After tanks, IDF now trying out women in combat roles on navy warships
In pilot program, six female recruits to train to operate intelligence-gathering equipment and weapons systems on Israel’s new Sa’ar 6-class corvettes
By Judah Ari Gross
The Israeli Navy trains alongside the French fleet off the coast of Toulon, in southern France, in July 2018. (Screen capture: Israel Defense Forces)
July 8, 2018, 4:59 pm
After 55 years, Israeli Navy returns to French coast for joint exercise
Drill with French fleet includes simulated attacks by fighter jets, rescue of ‘casualties’ by helicopters
By Judah Ari Gross
Vice Adm. Eli Sharvit at ceremony as Israel Navy awards soldiers for clandestine activities in enemy territories, intelligence successes (Courtesy of IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
June 15, 2018, 10:20 am
Elite navy soldiers, sailors honored for covert ops in enemy territories
IDF says the actions of the servicemen ‘directly contributed to the security of the state’
By ToI Staff
Left to right, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, incoming head of the Israel Navy Vice Adm. Eli Sharvit, outgoing naval commander Vice Adm. Ram Rothberg and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot during a ceremony in the army's Tel Aviv headquarters during which Sharvit received his new position on September 12, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
September 12, 2016, 9:53 pm
IDF gets new top sailor, as Eisenkot makes fresh appointments
Eli Sharvit to take over from Ram Rothberg as Israel’s naval chief; army announces 21 senior position changes
By Judah Ari Gross
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