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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a security briefing for Israeli journalists, October 18, 2026. (Mayaan Toaf/GPO)
October 18, 2026, 6:50 pm
In pre-election briefing, Netanyahu vows to topple Iranian regime, downplays settler violence
In 1st such security briefing since Oct. 7 massacre, PM warns of existential stakes in next week’s ballot, pledges to complete war objectives, and outlines new offensive doctrine, which opposition slams as ‘hollow’
By Nava Freiberg
A flydubai plane takes off from Ben Gurion airport on September 30, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
October 4, 2026, 4:59 pm
Despite years of warnings, Transportation Ministry, required to check foreign flights, hasn’t done so
Former top ministry official blames Minister Regev for flydubai incident, but she denies responsibility; regional sources say Israel raised no red flags over crew
By Ariela Karmel and Lazar Berman
A Zim cargo ship is seen outside the port of Haifa on May 1, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)
September 27, 2026, 9:00 pm
Hapag-Lloyd revises offer as sale of Israeli shipping giant Zim hangs in the balance
German shipping line vows that improved $4.2 billion deal for Zim, which includes a direct Israel-Far East route, serves Israel’s maritime security needs even in emergency situations
By Sharon Wrobel
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, speaks remotely during a Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
September 23, 2026, 11:54 pm
AI chiefs warn UN Security Council of security risks as systems grow more powerful
Sam Altman says key decisions can’t be left to ‘labs in San Francisco alone’; Anthropic chief warns poorly managed systems could threaten humanity
By Michelle Nichols, Courtney Rozen and John Irish
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on March 19, 2024. At left is National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and at right is committee chairman Yuli Edelstein. (Screenshot/GPO)
November 10, 2024, 9:48 pm
Bill calling for national security strategy gets ministerial committee backing
High-level body also gives the nod to extension of law blocking Al Jazeera and expansion of police surveillance of criminal suspects’ computers
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
July 30, 2024, 4:31 pm
Shin Bet worker, 2 others charged with divulging state secrets
Suspects allegedly passed confidential information to unauthorized persons; officials say they endangered lives and national security though they didn’t intend to
By ToI Staff
Pictures released by the Israel Air Force showing planes returning after intercepting the direct attack from Iran, April 14, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 14, 2024, 8:34 pm
Should Israel launch an immediate retaliatory attack on Iran? Lawmakers are divided
Some hard-right members of the government call for harsh retaliation, while war cabinet members Gantz and Gallant issue more measured statements, urging global alliance building
By Sam Sokol
This image, contained in the indictment against former US president Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. (Justice Department via AP)
June 9, 2023, 10:33 pm
Indictment says Trump took nuclear docs and revealed a Pentagon attack plan
37-count indictment says ex-president stored classified documents all over Mar-a-Lago estate, showed secret military papers to unauthorized people, potentially risked US security
By Agencies
Former Mossad intelligence director Zohar Palti speaks with Times of Israel political correspondent Tal Schneider at an event in Ramat Hasharon, December 24, 2022. (Zman Israel)
December 25, 2022, 7:55 pm
Iran closer than ever to weapons-grade uranium, ex-top defense official says
Zohar Palti tells ToI Israel must make ‘serious decisions’ on whether it is willing to attack Iran’s nuclear plants without US backing, notes issue tangled up with other challenges
By Tal Schneider
Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot addresses a conference on June 1, 2022 (Channel 12 screenshot)
June 1, 2022, 5:11 pm
Ex-IDF chief: If not for Israeli action, Iran would have had nukes 7-10 years ago
‘Israel carries out diverse operations, most of which are covert, to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear capabilities,’ Gadi Eisenkot says
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. Heatwave. (iStock by Getty Images)
October 24, 2021, 9:24 pm
Government announces new climate steps, to derision of environmental groups
In runup to key UN confab, PM adopts call to declare climate change a national security issue, but no decisions taken on key steps such as a climate law, carbon tax
By Sue Surkes
In this Oct. 4, 2016 file photo, oil fields in the town of Qayyarah burn, nearly a month after fleeing Islamic State militants set fire to the oil. (Bram Janssen/AP)
October 22, 2021, 3:08 am
In first, US intel agencies warn climate change driving security threats
White House says Defense Department and other agencies will integrate consequences of global warming into national security planning
By AFP
The Tamar gas rig, located 23 kilometers (14 miles) west of the city of Haifa in northern Israel. (AP/Albatross Aerial Perspective)
October 4, 2021, 5:30 am
Tamar gas field discoverer: Israel’s security demands gas reserve for 40 years
Yossi Langotsky, who named field after his granddaughter, says Energy Ministry is making a mistake considering exports before securing Israel’s strategic reserves
By Sue Surkes
Israeli soldiers of the IDF Givati brigade attend an army exercise in the southern Judean desert, June 6, 2012. (Moshe Shai/ FLASH90 /Flie)
August 4, 2021, 4:04 pm
IDF tentatively facing up to Israel’s next major threat — climate change
Military sets up low-level team to consider climate-related work plan, but is urged to go much further and view global warming as a national strategic threat
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative -- Beersheba District Court on December 1, 2019 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 8, 2021, 3:01 pm
Judge slams state’s ‘unimpressive’ case against national security suspect
In scathing rebuke of appeal to further keep suspect in custody after 3 weeks without legal counsel, judge says his arrest has not ‘meaningfully saved the State of Israel’
By ToI Staff
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