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Meir Ben-Shabbat, then head of the National Security Council, speaks at a trilateral meeting of the Israeli, US and Russian national security advisers, in Jerusalem on June 25, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 30, 2023, 2:29 pm
Former top security official: If Abbas’s PA won’t fight terror, why should it exist?
Meir Ben-Shabbat, once Netanyahu’s national security adviser, says PA chief playing ‘dangerous game’; but insists Iran, not terror, should dominate agenda on Blinken’s Israel trip
By Lazar Berman
Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's leader in Gaza, gestures on stage during a rally in Gaza City, on May 24, 2021. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/File)
April 14, 2022, 9:48 pm
Hamas leader Sinwar sent a Hebrew letter to Netanyahu during 2018 truce talks
Former national security adviser Ben-Shabbat reveals terror chief urged PM to take ‘calculated risk’ as sides discussed allowing in Qatari aid in order to maintain long-term calm
By ToI Staff
Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat during a ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport prior to visiting Bahrain to sign a series of bilateral agreements between Jerusalem and Manama, October 18, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL via FLASH90)
February 28, 2022, 7:38 am
Ukraine conflict could spark rush to Iran deal, ex-national security adviser warns
Former top Netanyahu aide Meir Ben-Shabbat says Tehran must not be allowed to take advantage of world focus on Russian invasion
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) while accompanied by Housing Minister Ze’ev Elkin who acted as a translator at Putin's residence in Sochi, Russia on October 22, 2021. (Kobi Gidon/GPO)
February 27, 2022, 4:57 pm
Why a clear ‘moral’ anti-Russian stance from Israel might not be good for anyone
Foreign Minister Lapid reportedly wants Israel to side with Ukraine, as Prime Minister Bennett avoids directly condemning Moscow
By Lazar Berman
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, arrives for a meeting at his office in Tehran, Iran, March 16, 2014. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
August 11, 2021, 9:18 pm
Senior Iranian official tweets in Hebrew on Russia talks
Ali Shamkhani writes about meeting with Moscow counterpart in Hebrew, day after Nikolai Patrushev met with outgoing and incoming Israel national security advisers
By ToI Staff
Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel attends a meeting of Egyptian and Sudanese foreign ministers and heads of intelligence at Tahrir Palace, in Cairo, Egypt, February 8, 2018. (Khaled Elfiqi/Pool photo via AP)
August 9, 2021, 6:04 am
Incoming, outgoing national security advisers meet Egyptian intel chief in Cairo
Eyal Hulata and Meir Ben-Shabbat reportedly sit down with Abbas Kamel to discuss maintaining Gaza ceasefire brokered more than two months ago by Egypt
By ToI Staff
Eyal Hulata, in an undated photograph. (Courtesy)
July 19, 2021, 2:29 pm
Cabinet confirms ex-spy Eyal Hulata as Bennett’s national security adviser
PM says 23-year Mossad veteran is ‘a very creative and very experienced individual, who understands the challenges of national security’
By ToI Staff
Eyal Hulata, in an undated photograph. (Courtesy)
July 11, 2021, 8:28 pm
Bennett taps former senior Mossad official as his new national security adviser
Eyal Hulata, 45, spent 23 years in spy agency; PM praises his ‘experience, performance, and understanding of Israel’s strategic challenges’
By Emanuel Fabian
National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat delivers a statement upon his arrival at the Bahraini International Airport on October 18, 2020. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)
July 1, 2021, 12:01 am
National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat announces he’s stepping down
NSC head will leave position at end of August; PM Bennett thanks Netanyahu appointee for ‘many years of contributing to Israel’s security in a professional and successful manner’
By Raoul Wootliff
Director General of the National Security Studies (INSS) Amos Yadlin speaks at a protest against then-Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on November 14, 2020. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
June 14, 2021, 11:10 pm
Bennett said to eye ex-general Yadlin for national security adviser job
PM’s office said to deny Channel 12 report; Arab affairs analyst reportedly to be appointed senior adviser
By ToI Staff
An oil tanker docked at the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's port, close to the coral reef nature reserve of Eilat in southern Israel. (Society for the Protection of Nature)
June 14, 2021, 8:46 pm
Losing no time, green groups urge new government to stop ‘dangerous’ oil deal
Activists warn of environmental disaster, as tankers unload crude in coral-rich Eilat for transport overland to Ashkelon, on Mediterranean coast, for shipping to Europe
By Sue Surkes
Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
May 14, 2021, 1:21 pm
Hamas rockets squandered moment in which US sympathies were with Palestinians
A week ago, Biden officials were criticizing Israel over East Jerusalem evictions and police conduct at Temple Mount; DC seems to have changed tack since Gaza fighting began
By Jacob Magid
Israeli National Security Council chairman Meir Ben-Shabbat (right), and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. (Flash90, AP)
May 10, 2021, 12:12 pm
Israel pushes back against US ‘concern’ over Jerusalem violence
National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat tells US counterpart that international intervention is only rewarding those who are provoking rioting
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Israeli police officers clash with Palestinian protesters near Damascus Gate just outside Jerusalem's Old City on May 9, 2021. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
May 10, 2021, 3:07 am
UN Security Council to hold emergency meet on escalating Jerusalem violence
US national security adviser calls Israeli counterpart to express Washington’s ‘serious concerns’ about violence in city, urges Israel to ‘ensure calm’ on Jerusalem Day
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in a virtual bilateral meeting with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP)
April 30, 2021, 12:40 am
Blinken, Yossi Cohen meet in Washington as Israel presses its case on Iran
Israeli officials say US ‘respects’ Israel’s ‘freedom of action’; US says it’s acting with ‘transparency’ toward Jerusalem, both nations ‘share a common interest’ on Iran
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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