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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Police Commissioner

Police legal adviser Elazar Kahana at an Independence Day ceremony at police headquarters in Jerusalem May 9, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 7, 2024, 11:25 pm
Police chief backs down on firing top legal adviser after AG says process illegal
Daniel Levy now says move was part of broader round of planned appointments for assistant commissioners which were all halted
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)
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
New Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levy speaks at a ceremony in Jerusalem marking his entry into the role on August 25, 2024. (Israel Police)
August 25, 2024, 7:24 pm
Daniel Levy sworn in as new Israel Police chief following government approval
Ben Gvir nominated controversial Coastal District chief after interim commissioner, who had been probed for graft, backed out; Levy says country facing ‘many complex challenges’
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives at a Jerusalem Day conference at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 11, 2024, 4:16 pm
Attorney general raises concerns over Ben Gvir’s pick for police chief
Baharav-Miara points to 2015 probe into Deputy Commissioner Avshalom Peled, says it shows problems with his behavior; Ben Gvir: She’d oppose any candidate I put forward
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)
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
Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, on October 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 3, 2023, 6:59 pm
Ben Gvir said mulling general who called Gaza operation a ‘religious war’ as top cop
Ofer Winter also reportedly floated as possible candidate to head new national guard force the far-right minister is seeking to establish under his control
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
MK Itamar Ben Gvir and Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai shake hands at an Arrangements Committee meeting in the Knesset on December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 17, 2022, 11:20 pm
Report: Ben Gvir threatens he could replace police chief ‘within days’ if he chooses
Citing private conversations, Channel 12 says incoming national security minister angry at Kobi Shabtai for speaking against his proposed bill to expand his powers
By ToI Staff
MK Itamar Ben Gvir, left, and Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend a special committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 14, 2022, 5:21 pm
At Knesset, police chief warns against ‘dramatic’ bill giving minister greater power
In heated committee meeting, Shabtai suggests current proposal unnecessary, too vague; Ben Gvir interrupts him several times, cites precedents showing minister needs more tools
By Jeremy Sharon
Former Israel Police commissioner Roni Alsheich arrives to testify before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, January 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 14, 2022, 11:47 am
‘He has no clue’: Ex-top cop Alsheich says he’d sooner quit than report to Ben Gvir
Police commissioner Kobi Shabtai’s predecessor says law being advanced that gives national security minister control of force will erode safety and trust in police, cause ‘anarchy’
By Michael Bachner
Likud MK Amir Ohana in Beit El, in the West Bank, July 12, 2022 (Sraya Diamant/Flash90) and (R) MK Miri Regev in Jerusalem, May 29, 2022 (Arie Leib Abrams/FLASH90)
November 22, 2022, 3:21 pm
Ohana will head up Foreign Ministry, Regev to be named education minister – report
Either Yoav Kisch or Ofir Akunis said in line for role of Knesset speaker; UTJ reportedly to get Housing Ministry — one of 7 ministries to be controlled by Haredi parties
By ToI Staff
Religious Zionist head Bezalel Smotrich attends a discussion in the Knesset on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 21, 2022, 6:51 pm
Report: Smotrich to become finance, not defense, minister in compromise with Likud
In emerging breakthrough in coalition negotiations, defense portfolio to be held by Netanyahu’s party; Shas leader Deri to get a ‘super ministry’ consolidating powers, TV news says
By ToI Staff
Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai seen during a visit to the southern city of Ashkelon, May 18, 2021. (Flash90)
October 26, 2021, 1:35 pm
Israel Police chief reportedly uses gun to point during presentation
Kobi Shabtai is accused of misusing his personal weapon during a meeting of law enforcement officials last month
By ToI Staff
Commander of the Jerusalem District Police, Doron Yedid (C) seen in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim as police close shops and disperse public gatherings, March 30, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 21, 2020, 11:22 pm
Top cops quit Israel Police following new commissioner pick
Two senior officers step down, reportedly saying they ‘no longer feeling challenged,’ in what some suggest is first in wave of high-level resignations from force
By ToI Staff
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