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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair MK Avi Dichter, left, at an FADC meeting in the Knesset, November 19, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 23, 2019, 7:31 pm
Netanyahu appoints ex-Shin Bet head Avi Dichter deputy defense minister
Former public security minister says he’s ‘pleased to have the opportunity to add another brick in the wall of the security of Israel’
By Raoul Wootliff
An Israeli airport security guard patrols with a dog in Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 22, 2016, 7:31 pm
After Brussels attack, world looks to Israel as model for airport security
Amid string of extremist incidents targeting heart of Europe over past year, leaders may have to resort to much tougher measures
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Vanessa Gera
February 25, 2016, 6:33 pm
Defense of Israel? The IDF has an app store for that
The Israeli army is going mobile, overcoming major security and organizational challenges to make it happen
By David Shamah
The SkyStar 180 balloon by RT Technologies (Photo credit: Courtesy)
March 19, 2015, 6:22 pm
Israeli smart balloon floats to victory in US Army competition
RT’s surveillance balloon will provide protection in the US, like it does in Jerusalem
By David Shamah
View of a BriefCam control panel interface (Photo credit: Courtesy)
November 12, 2014, 7:49 pm
Super-fast video search stands guard at the Statue of Liberty
Israeli firm BriefCam’s technology promises to save police hundreds of hours of wasted video watching
By David Shamah
The SkyStar 180 balloon by RT Technologies (Photo credit: Courtesy)
November 10, 2014, 7:49 pm
Start-up’s ‘smart balloons’ help quest for peace in Jerusalem
As far as Jerusalem’s mayor is concerned, RT’s aerial surveillance system is a proven deterrent to unrest
By David Shamah
The Dimona nuclear reactor as viewed from a satellite. (United States Government)
From the WebSeptember 1, 2014, 4:35 pm
Israel’s top-secret high school
Israel Hayom: At ‘Nuke High,” students learn the secrets of nuclear research and defense technology. Parents aren’t allowed
Man speaks on cell phone (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
August 1, 2014, 4:25 pm
Ministry orders always-on cellphone service to save Israeli lives
In the middle of the desert, at the top of a mountain, or almost anywhere else, Israelis will no longer experience dropped cellphone calls
By David Shamah
A rocket fired from Gaza directly hit a factory in the industrial zone of the southern Israeli city of Sderot, causing it to catch on fire, Saturday evening, June 28, 2014. The fire led to further explosions inside the factory. (Photo credit: Edit Israel/Flash90)
July 16, 2014, 2:59 pm
Don’t call it ‘war,’ says govt. compensation body
What’s in a name? When ‘wars’ become ‘special security situations,’ Israel has different criteria for compensation
By David Shamah
Israeli and American soldiers participate in a joint earthquake drill in Holon on October 21, 2012, in the Turning Point 6 emergency drill (Photo credit: Yossi Zeliger / FLASH90)
July 3, 2014, 4:53 pm
Security app knows where you are when disaster strikes
Israeli security firm eVigilo is the brains behind iOref, the Homefront Command’s emergency mass communications system
By David Shamah
The Bank of Israel in Jerusalem (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons, Ester Inbar)
May 23, 2014, 1:50 pm
Bank of Israel goes ‘underground’ to avoid missiles
A subterranean data center will ensure Israel’s economy would survive terrorist rocket attacks, says the central bank
By David Shamah
Israeli and American soldiers participate in a joint earthquake drill in Holon on October 21, 2012, in the Turning Point 6 emergency drill (Photo credit: Yossi Zeliger / FLASH90)
February 11, 2014, 5:38 pm
Alert system’s got your number when emergency strikes
Israeli start-up eVigilo uses every media available to inform people where to go for help in case disaster happens
By David Shamah
A RESCUE communications installation (Photo credit: Courtesy)
June 28, 2013, 6:01 am
Gaza’s Tel Aviv attack teaches a lesson in communications
The RESCUE Consortium was organized to ensure that soldiers and rescue workers don’t lose touch, even in an emergency
By David Shamah
Tom Ridge (foreground) (Photo credit: Courtesy US Navy)
November 13, 2012, 9:49 pm
US should engage more with Israel in the fight against terror, says former Homeland Security chief
‘Similar mindset’ fosters good alliance — in trade as well as security matters, according to Tom Ridge
By David Shamah
Bio-Sense mice in action, detecting explosives and contraband at a checkpoint (Photo credit: Courtesy)
November 12, 2012, 10:13 am
The mouse that roared (when it found a bomb)
An innovative Israeli-made explosives detection system will go on display this week at a major conference on homefront security
By David Shamah
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