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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

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Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai addresses a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset on June 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 14, 2023, 5:24 pm
Ex-senior cop files complaint alleging current police chief stabbed him in 2020
Police force says Kobi Shabtai, who’s now police commissioner, was cutting fruit when he dropped the knife on now-retired officer Amnon Alkalai’s leg
By ToI Staff
Commander of the Coastal District of the Israel Police Yoram Sofer at a ceremony for incoming National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 4:31 pm
Police chief said to speak out against possible replacement who backs Ben Gvir
In leaks from closed-door meeting, Commissioner Shabtai is heard saying force will preserve the right to protest as senior cops discuss coastal region chief Yoram Sofer
By ToI Staff
Coastal Region Police Commander Yoram Sofer at a ceremony in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 18, 2023, 11:51 pm
Police chief candidate backs tough approach toward ‘thuggery’ of overhaul protesters
‘With me, they won’t shut down roads,’ says Yoram Sofer, who recently ordered a crackdown on demonstrators outside Netanyahu residence in Caesarea
By ToI Staff
Then-police commissioner Roni Alsheich (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a welcoming ceremony for Alsheich at the start of his term, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 3, 2015. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)
June 22, 2021, 10:09 am
Report: Ex-top cop who oversaw Netanyahu probe advised anti-Netanyahu protesters
Roni Alsheich said to have consulted for friends in Black Flag movement, which held weekly rallies against then-PM; Likud: Shows the criminal process was ‘corrupted from day one’
By ToI Staff
Acting Israel Police chief Motti Cohen speaks at the annual Justice Conference in Airport City, outside Tel Aviv, on September 3, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 18, 2020, 5:56 pm
Amid political gridlock, minister extends acting police chief tenure by 6 months
Motti Cohen, acting commissioner since December 2018, will stay on, along with acting prison chief, as no end foreseen to political infighting hampering police appointments
By ToI Staff
Former Israel Police commissioner Roni Alsheich speaks during a Channel 12 TV conference in Tel Aviv on September 5, 2019. (Flash90)
August 30, 2020, 4:43 am
Former top cop says Netanyahu’s inner circle branded him a ‘traitor’ for probes
Roni Alsheich says the premier’s bluster against the justice system at the opening of his trial ‘made me fear for my children and grandchildren’
By ToI Staff
Then-police commissioner Roni Alsheich (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a welcoming ceremony for Alsheich at the start of his term, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 3, 2015. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)
August 27, 2020, 7:31 pm
Ex-police chief who oversaw Netanyahu probes: He’ll be convicted…if he’s tried
In interview promoting new book, Roni Alsheich says only question is whether PM will manage to grant himself immunity; hopes he’ll will resign long before verdict
By ToI Staff
Then-acting chief of police Motti Cohen speaks at the annual Justice conference in Airport City, outside Tel Aviv on September 3, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 27, 2020, 6:06 pm
Acting police chief says no permanent appointment anytime soon — report
Motti Cohen, who’s been commissioner since December 2018, tells brass he’s staying put for now; public security minister expected to ask ministers to extend his tenure
By ToI Staff
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