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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

Kobi Shabtai

Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai at the Independence Day ceremony at the Israel Police National Headquarters, Jerusalem, May 9, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 6:17 am
‘Do you know who I am?’: Ex-police chief gets out of speeding ticket
Kobi Shabtai let off with a warning, insists he was only speeding momentarily due to a ‘one-second distraction’
By ToI Staff
Police detain a protester demonstrating in favor of a hostage deal with Hamas outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, September 7, 2024. (Gili Yaari /FLASH90)
December 27, 2024, 5:05 am
Ex-top cop says officers now given arrest quotas for protests; police: ‘Delusional claim’
Ben Gvir ‘allows himself to do whatever he wants,’ alleges Roni Alsheich; force responds that claim of discrimination against anti-government rallies lacks ‘any factual basis’
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 13, 2024, 11:37 am
Ben Gvir’s texts show him conspiring with aides to exert power over police – report
Minister’s leaked correspondence with extremist advisers and wife during first year in office is exposed as AG seeks his ouster for meddling inappropriately in law enforcement
By ToI Staff
Israel Police officer Meir Suissa, right, prepares a stun grenade moments before he hurled it into a crowd of demonstrators during a mass protest in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 6, 2024, 9:55 am
Court freezes promotion of indicted police officer, in blow to Ben Gvir
Judge says promotion of Meir Suissa, who threw stun grenade at protesters, breached police rules; Ben Gvir denounces terrible decisions, vows to keep backing ‘excellent officer’
By Jeremy Sharon
Israel Police officer Meir Suissa, right, prepares a stun grenade moments before he hurled it into a crowd of demonstrators during a mass protest in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 29, 2024, 1:56 pm
Court orders state to respond to petition against promotion of indicted police officer
Jerusalem District Court declines to immediately issue interim order blocking Meir Suissa from assuming command of Tel Aviv police station; police won’t say if he’s begun new role
By Jeremy Sharon
Avshalom Peled at the Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem May 9, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
July 18, 2024, 11:17 pm
Controversial police chief nominee Peled begins interim role with limited authority
Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara says Avshalom Peled cannot make significant decisions on personnel and policy until he is formerly appointed
By ToI Staff
Outgoing Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai speaks during a farewell ceremony in his honor at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, July 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 14, 2024, 11:52 pm
Outgoing police chief: I’m leaving role with ‘uneasy feeling’ over politicization
Police Commissioner Shabtai had rocky relationship with far-right minister Ben Gvir throughout tenure; AG has raised concerns over successor Avshalom Peled
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai at the scene of a fatal shooting attack in Re'em Junction, on February 16, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 13, 2024, 11:54 pm
Police chief to AG: Ben Gvir pushed to prevent police from guarding Gaza aid convoys
Outgoing commissioner says minister warned him of ‘consequences’ of his insistence on protecting convoys, held talks behind his back with other top officers on various matters
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
A Christian worshipper addresses a member of the Israeli security forces barring the entrance in Jerusalem's old city that leads to the the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, amid crod size concerns as Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter Saturday, on April 15, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
June 5, 2024, 8:34 am
Political climate sparks ‘notable increase’ in attacks on Israel’s Christians – NGO
Rossing Center report says authorities must do more to counter violence against clergy, pilgrims and church sites in Jerusalem and the Galilee
By Lazar Berman
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security agency, attends a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Chain Goldberg/Flash90)
June 1, 2024, 8:58 am
Report: Shin Bet chief refused ministers’ demand to act against protesters
Security agency will not ‘become a secret police,’ Ronen Bar said to have told ministers Levin, Ben Gvir, who accused him and other officials of ‘selective enforcement’
By ToI Staff
Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, left, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the scene of a terror attack in the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, outside of Jerusalem, August 1, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 29, 2024, 12:33 am
Ben Gvir cancels hearing for police chief, but pushes on with attempt to fire him
After AG said planned ouster unlawful, minister vows to bring Kobi Shabtai’s dismissal to cabinet in accordance with Meron disaster inquiry; Lapid: If so, PM must be fired as well
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. (Composite: Liron Moldovan/Flash90; Israel Bar Association)
May 28, 2024, 11:19 am
AG says Ben Gvir acting out of ‘ulterior motives’ in push to dismiss police chief
Baharav-Miara tells far-right police minister that move to summon Shabtai is unlawful and raises fears he is trying to intimidate the police force
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai at the scene of a fatal shooting attack in Re'em Junction, on February 16, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 27, 2024, 10:53 pm
Ben Gvir says he’ll recommend firing police chief, weeks before term due to end
National security minister cites Shabtai’s ‘general disfunction,’ failures in prep for Meron closure; sources near commissioner dismiss claims, slam Ben Gvir’s ‘thuggish behavior’
By ToI Staff
Police Deputy Commissioner Avshalom Peled. (Courtesy)
April 8, 2024, 8:56 pm
Ben Gvir names Deputy Commissioner Avshalom Peled as next Israel Police chief
Internal investigations said to have probed candidate for breach of trust in 2015, advised he not be promoted; coalition sources say announcement aimed to ‘grab headlines’
By Michael Horovitz and ToI Staff
Muslim devotees offer first Friday noon prayers of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan against the backdrop of the Dome of the Rock at the compound of the Al-Aqsa mosque atop the TEmple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 15, 2024. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
March 15, 2024, 8:59 am
Tens of thousands peacefully attend 1st Friday prayers of Ramadan at Temple Mount
Police report no unusual incidents after Hamas urged worshipers to ‘defend Al-Aqsa’; Islamic Waqf estimates 80,000 people took part
By ToI Staff
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