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Nadav Argaman

(Top L) Nadav Argaman at the Knesset, November 6, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90) and (Top R) Ami Ayalon on March 27, 2023 (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90) and (Bottom L) Yoram Cohen in Jerusalem, April 8, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90) and (Bottom R) Carmi Gillon in Jerusalem, December 31, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 13, 2026, 7:52 pm
Ex-Shin Bet chiefs, top brass decry ‘unprecedented attacks’ on agency by PM and allies
36 former officials accuse Netanyahu and his associates of attempting to absolve him of responsibility for Oct. 7 and convince his base there’s no need for state commission
By ToI Staff
David Zini at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on August 6, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 17, 2025, 12:47 pm
4 ex-Shin Bet heads file objections to appointment of Zini as security agency chief
Nadav Argaman, Ami Ayalon, Yoram Cohen, Carmi Gillon send separate letters to appointments panel day after 260 officials said to warn Zini may trample democracy
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a hearing in his corruption trial at the Tel Aviv District Court, March 24, 2025. (Reuven Kastro/Pool)
March 25, 2025, 11:46 pm
Netanyahu was warned twice that Qatari cash was funding Hamas military wing – reports
According to accounts denied by PM’s office, ex-Shin Bet chief, IDF told premier in 2019-2020 that terror chief Muhammad Deif was seizing millions from monthly payments
By ToI Staff
Former Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman in a television interview aired March 13, 2025. (Screen capture/Channel 12)
March 20, 2025, 7:38 pm
Ex-Shin Bet chief questioned on allegations he blackmailed Netanyahu in TV interview
Nadav Argaman told Channel 12 last week he could release compromising information if PM breaks law; interrogation comes as masses protest bid to oust Argaman’s successor Ronen Bar
By ToI Staff
Head of the Shin Bet security service Nadav Argaman attends the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset on November 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90/ File)
March 16, 2025, 11:56 pm
Police to question former Shin Bet chief Argaman for alleged threats against PM
Summons comes after ex-security chief said he might reveal compromising information about Netanyahu, leading the premier to accuse him of blackmail
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, at a pre-Passover toast on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
March 15, 2025, 9:45 am
Shin Bet head rejects PM’s blackmail accusations, distances himself from predecessor
Bar says security body and its head ‘do not use the organization’s power unnecessarily’ as he apparently rejects Argaman’s denouncement and threats against Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Then-Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, April 11, 2021 (Courtesy)
March 14, 2025, 2:46 pm
Netanyahu files police complaint over ‘mafia-like’ blackmail by ex-Shin Bet chief
Police chief orders review of comments by Nadav Argaman, after PM accuses him of using criminal tactics when threatening in TV interview to publish secret info if Netanyahu breaks the law
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
March 14, 2025, 3:14 am
Netanyahu accuses Shin Bet chief of blackmail as feud reaches new heights
PM offers minimal detail to back up claim, makes same allegation against Ronen Bar’s predecessor after Nadav Argaman threatens to release info compromising Netanyahu if he breaks law
By ToI Staff
Former Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman in an interview to Channel 12 broadcast April 11, 2024. (Screen capture: Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 13, 2024, 3:20 am
Ex-Shin Bet chief: Netanyahu unfit for office, leading Israel to its doom
Saying the PM is directly responsible through his policies for ‘the greatest disaster’ in Israel’s history, Nadav Argaman says he must go or things could get ‘very, very bad’
By ToI Staff
Shin Bet head Nadav Argaman attends a Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on November 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 7, 2024, 6:39 pm
Former Shin Bet chief: Government repeatedly rejected plans to kill Hamas’s Sinwar
Nadav Argaman asserts terror chief only alive because of aversion to ‘military adventurism,’ calls for resignation of ‘disastrous government’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
File: Shin Bet security service head Nadav Argaman at the 8th International UVID Conference at the Avenue Convention Center in Airport City, on November 7, 2019. (Flash90)
August 30, 2023, 12:54 pm
Former heads of Shin Bet, air force petition court against Pegasus spyware inquiry
Security officials have said the panel may damage security, following warnings that it could reveal operational secrets
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
File: Shin Bet security service head Nadav Argaman at the 8th International UVID Conference at the Avenue Convention Center in Airport City, on November 7, 2019. (Flash90)
July 20, 2023, 10:16 am
Ex-Shin Bet chief justifies army reservists’ refusal to serve: ‘Overhaul is a coup’
Nadav Argaman says in radio interview that IDF chief and current Shin Bet head should tell Netanyahu: ‘Enough’; right-wing politicians assail ‘brainwashed’ former top official
By ToI Staff
Then-Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend an awards ceremony at the Shin Bet's headquarters in Tel Aviv honoring agents who excelled in intelligence operations in 2017 and 2018, on December 4, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
March 16, 2023, 8:44 pm
Ex-Shin Bet chief fears overhaul could cause agency to ‘disintegrate from within’
Nadav Argaman, who was appointed by Netanyahu, expresses fear that Israel will move toward dictatorship; ex-Israel nuclear chief: Government leading country toward self-destruction
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 1, 2023, 12:04 pm
Ex-security chiefs urge Herzog to air ‘unambiguous’ opposition to judicial overhaul
Letter declares president’s efforts to mediate talks with opposition on government’s proposals have failed; signatories vow to use ‘all legal and democratic means’ to fight plan
By Michael Horovitz
New Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar on October 11, 2021. (Shin Bet)
October 13, 2021, 4:32 pm
New Shin Bet chief: Agency won’t stand idly by as crime rises in Arab community
Ronen Bar succeeds Nadav Argaman as head of service that mostly deals with Palestinian terror; says Israel must also find ways to further cooperate with the PA
By Emanuel Fabian
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