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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Shabtai Shavit

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaking at the funeral of former Mossad chief Shabtai Shavit in Ramat Hasharon, Sept. 8, 2023. (Bruno Sharvit/GPO)
September 8, 2023, 11:41 am
At ex-Mossad chief’s funeral, Gallant lambastes ‘irresponsible political entities’
During eulogy for Shabtai Shavit, defense minister criticizes those who use name of security forces ‘in vain;’ warns that without unity, Israel’s national resilience ‘will crumble’
By ToI Staff
Former head of the Mossad, Shabtai Shavit, attends a press conference organized by 'Commanders for Israel's Security' in Tel Aviv on January 15, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 5, 2023, 11:12 pm
Former Mossad chief Shabtai Shavit, who helped forge peace with Jordan, dies at 84
Spy agency’s current head eulogizes ex-spymaster, who served in post from 1989 to 1996, as ‘a pillar of the world of operations, intelligence, security and strategy of Israel’
By ToI Staff
Shabtai Shavit (YouTube screenshot)
July 8, 2020, 6:22 am
Former Mossad chief: Iran can’t be stopped in nuke bid, but can be deterred
Shabtai Shavit, an Iran expert who led the agency 1989-96, offers a sometimes shocking series of assessments and recommendations aimed at ensuring Israel’s safety and survival
By David Horovitz
Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin speaks in Tel Aviv in 2012. (Tali Mayer/Flash90)
February 28, 2020, 6:12 am
Former Mossad, Shin Bet heads call Netanyahu ‘a danger’ who puts country at risk
In video, six ex-security chiefs say prime minister has lost right to lead country, uses sensitive classified information for personal gain
By ToI Staff
Joint List chair MK Ayman Odeh speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset on November 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 30, 2019, 11:47 pm
Odeh: Netanyahu is a ‘dangerous psychopath’ targeting Arabs, left-wing Jews
Broadside from Joint List head comes hours after MK Ahmad Tibi assailed by right-wing activists at cultural event
By ToI Staff
Former head of the Mossad, Shabtai Shavit, attends a press conference organized by 'Commanders for Israel's Security' in Tel Aviv on January 15, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 20, 2019, 11:04 am
Ex-Mossad head: Netanyahu voters are ‘ignorant,’ have no moral standards
Facing criticism, Shabtai Shavit refuses to take back comments; PM: There’s no end to the left’s condescension toward Likud voters
By ToI Staff
Top row: Former Mossad chiefs from L to R: Danny Yatom, Tamir Pardo, Zvi Zamir, Shabtai Shavit, Nahum Admoni and Efraim Halevy. Bottom row: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and President Reuven Rivlin host a candle lighting ceremony for of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah at the President's residence in Jerusalem on December 18, 2014. (Haim Zach / GPO)
March 28, 2018, 12:55 am
Ex-Mossad chief: Israel ‘dangerously sick’ under Netanyahu’s leadership
Five former spymasters say PM eroding country’s core values, decry ‘pervasive’ culture of corruption under his tenure
By ToI Staff
This handout photo released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shows President Donald Trump meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Russian Foreign Ministry via AP)
May 20, 2017, 1:25 pm
‘Horrified’ Israeli intel officials ‘were shouting at US counterparts’ over Trump leak
Foreign Policy reports tense meetings between sides after president revealed classified info to Russians
By ToI Staff
This handout photo released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shows President Donald Trump meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Russian Foreign Ministry via AP)
May 19, 2017, 1:52 am
Like Israeli counterparts, US spymasters ‘frustrated’ by Trump leak
Former US intelligence official concerned Jewish state may start ‘fuzzing’ sensitive information shared with Washington
By AP
Former head of the Mossad, Shabtai Shavit, attends a press conference organized by 'Commanders for Israel's Security' in Tel Aviv on January 15, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 17, 2017, 5:10 pm
Former Israeli spymasters rip into Trump, say Israel must reassess intel sharing
Ex-Mossad head Shavit: US president is like a ‘bull in a china shop… If tomorrow I were asked to pass information to the CIA, I would do everything I could to not pass it to them’
By Judah Ari Gross
Retired IDF major general Amnon Reshef of the Commanders for Israel's Security group seen at press conference in Tel Aviv on March 11, 2015, where the group criticized the security and political conduct of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)
January 15, 2017, 11:39 am
Advertising in Arabic, ex-generals urge separation from Palestinians
Group warns in full-page poster that lack of Palestinian state threatens Israel’s security and Jewish character
By ToI Staff
Dalia Rabin, daughter of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at a memorial service marking 21 years since his assassination, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, November 4, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 4, 2016, 1:21 pm
At commemoration, Rabin family warns of ongoing incitement
Friday ceremony at Mount Herzl marks 21 years since assassination of former prime minister by Jewish extremist
By ToI Staff
Moshe Ya'alon in the Knesset on March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2016, 7:26 pm
Ya’alon rips coalition chair for scorning security chiefs as ‘leftist’
Ousted defense minister says Likud MK David Bitan enabling ‘dangerous political attempts to destroy the security establishment’
By ToI Staff
Coalition Chairman MK David Bitan on January 11, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 25, 2016, 2:12 pm
Coalition chair: Security chiefs ‘all become leftists’ on the job
Likud MK David Bitan says ‘there’s a problem’ with officials that lead Mossad, Shin Bet, as their positions take them left over time
By ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum on March 22, 2013, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images/JTA)
September 8, 2015, 11:28 am
US-Israel spat over Iran may sideline Palestinians
With nuclear deal behind it and an election looming, White House unlikely to tackle peace talks in Obama’s final months
By Dan Perry and Josef Federman
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