Gilad Erdan

Hezbollah flag flies in Lebanon (CC Upyernoz/Wikipedia)

June 23, 2018, 11:10 am

Hezbollah says some of its Facebook and Twitter pages shuttered

Lebanese terror group calls the closure of its social media accounts 'part of the propaganda campaign against the resistance'

By TOI staff

Illustrative image of a police officer wearing a body cam. (Israel Police)

June 21, 2018, 6:42 pm

Police to begin using high-tech, tamper-proof body cams

8,000 officers will be issued cameras; pilot program finds 35% drop in public complaints against cops using the equipment

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in his office in Bnei Brak, Israel, October 26, 2017. (Ariel Schalit/AP)

June 21, 2018, 12:45 pm

Erdan warns ‘very high chance’ of Gaza op in coming months

Public security minister says Hamas may force Israel's hand through continued provocations; terror group says the only way to stop fire kites is to lift siege on Gaza

By TOI staff

Joint (Arab) List MK Ayman Odeh (C) argues with police during an event in East Jerusalem hosted by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror groups on June 18, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

June 19, 2018, 11:52 am

Minister urges probe of Arab MK for attending event held by terror groups

Gilad Erdan brands Ayman Odeh an 'enemy of the state' after the Joint List party leader took part in PFLP and DFLP conference in Jerusalem that police closed down

By TOI staff

June 17, 2018, 2:07 pm

BDS is a dirty business. Those who battle it on Israel’s behalf must stay clean

After years of lousy PR, a new donor-backed firm is working with a well-funded ministry to thwart Israel's detractors. They need to be careful where and how they spend their money

By David Horovitz

File: Masked Palestinians prepare balloons loaded with flammable material to be flown toward Israel, at the Israel-Gaza border in al-Bureij, central Gaza Strip on June 14, 2018. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

June 14, 2018, 10:57 pm

IDF said to mull shooting Gazans preparing fire kites

After warning shots appear to fail to dissuade use of incendiary devices, army reportedly looking into actually targeting suspects

By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross

June 13, 2018, 12:44 pm

Security prisoners have it too good, minister says, promising crackdown

Gilad Erdan convenes panel to recommend bare minimum that can be provided inmates, in bid to pressure Hamas to release captive Israelis, disincentivize terror

By TOI staff

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem, February 19, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 13, 2018, 3:49 am

Erdan warns Twitter may face criminal charges in Israel over terror accounts

Public security minister says platform's refusal to ban users who 'call for the murder of innocents' is intolerable

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum, in the Jerusalem Convention Center, on June 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 12, 2018, 8:45 pm

With eyes on Iran, Netanyahu praises Trump over North Korea summit

PM hails US president's Singapore meeting with Kim Jong Un as an 'important development for Israel, the region and the entire world'

By Michael Bachner and Agencies

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan attends an Internal Affairs committee meeting in the Knesset, October 31, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 12, 2018, 7:06 pm

Police minister: Social media monitoring has foiled 200 terror attacks

Gilad Erdan says he intends to share techniques at international security conference he is hosting; Palestinians blast violation of privacy

By Agencies

Zionist Union chairman Avi Gabbay leads a faction meeting in Knesset on May 7, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

June 12, 2018, 6:04 pm

Labor’s Gabbay: Trump-Kim summit signals peace with Palestinians possible

Opposition party leader hails US-North Korea rapprochement; right-wing ministers say it shows Iran's nuclear program can be dismantled

By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) walks with US President Donald Trump (R) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, on June 12, 2018. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

June 12, 2018, 11:23 am

Likud minister: Kim summit shows Trump can deal with tyrants; bring on Rouhani

Gilad Erdan says similar meeting with Iran's president would 'not be terrible,' as long as goal remains to end Tehran's nuke program and change the 'nature of the regime'

By TOI staff

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan attends a committee meeting at the Knesset, November 14, 2017. (Flash90)

June 5, 2018, 12:47 pm

Minister calls for targeted killings of Gaza kite bombers, Hamas leaders

Trump's Mideast envoy Greenblatt says airborne firebombs are 'indiscriminate weapons,' not 'harmless playthings or metaphors for freedom'

By TOI staff

Convicted Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled speaks at an event in Beirut in January 2009. (CC BY 2.0, Sebastian Baryli, Wikipedia)

May 31, 2018, 11:44 pm

Israel urges Ireland to cancel speech by Palestinian terrorist

Minister Gilad Erdan sends Irish education minister protest letter, calls planned video address at Dublin club by plane hijacker Leila Khaled a 'theater of the absurd'

By Michael Bachner

The Ma'asiyahu Prison complex in Ramle, near Tel Aviv. (Courtesy/Israel Prisons Service)

May 31, 2018, 6:17 pm

Haredi inmates to get prison-issued hats and jackets after minister steps in

Prisons had enforced ban on ultra-Orthodox civilian garb during prayers for fear of jailbreaks; Sephardic chief rabbi, Shas minister had protested move

By Marissa Newman