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An Israeli border guard stands during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 11, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
December 13, 2018, 12:14 am
Israel arrests 4 suspects in Ofra terror attack; fifth is killed trying to flee
Shin Bet says Salih Barghouti was shot while attempting to escape and harm Israeli troops; arrests come shortly after baby victim of attack is buried
By TOI staff
Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman (R) and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot in a ceremony at the Shin Bet headquarters in Tel Aviv on December 10, 2018. (Shin Bet)
December 10, 2018, 10:28 pm
Hailing joint ‘secret operations,’ Shin Bet bids farewell to outgoing IDF chief
At Tel Aviv ceremony, Gadi Eisenkot is praised for ‘record-breaking’ cooperation between security bodies during his tenure
By TOI staff
A picture released by the Shin Bet security agency on December 6, 2018, shows cellphones, a drone and cash that were allegedly tied to a failed attempt to smuggle phones into a security prison using a drone. (Shin Bet)
December 6, 2018, 9:51 pm
Shin Bet busts cell behind attempt to smuggle phones into prison with drone
Security agency says cellphones confiscated during failed effort in October were meant for prisoners serving time for terror involvement
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at 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)
December 5, 2018, 12:18 am
Shin Bet thwarted 500 terror attacks in 2018, Netanyahu says
Awards ceremony for operatives lauds agency’s accomplishments in artificial intelligence and machine learning
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of a spy (cyano66; iStock by Getty Images)
December 3, 2018, 3:57 pm
Israeli spooks seek startups to boost tech skills in search for better security
Shin Bet security agency to open a second accelerator program with Tel Aviv University for entrepreneurs with promising tech in AI, cybersecurity, fintech and robotics
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative photo of an El Al plane taking off from Ben Gurion Airport, August 5, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
November 26, 2018, 2:32 pm
Senior El Al security official suspected of running cocaine smuggling ring
Ex-Shin Bet official among four arrested in ‘wide-ranging’ operation that police believe utilized company planes to transport drugs to Israel
By TOI staff
Former defense minister Avigdor Liberman right) addressing a conference in Netanya, November 22, 2018. (Screenshot)
November 23, 2018, 12:18 pm
Liberman blasts government for ongoing fuel deliveries to Gaza
Recently resigned defense minister says the uncovering of a Hamas terror network in the West Bank should have prompted sanctions on the Strip
By TOI staff
Israeli security forces arrest a number of Hamas members in the West Bank suspected of planning bombing attacks on Israeli targets on September 23, 2018. (Screen capture: Shin Bet security service)
November 22, 2018, 9:03 pm
Israel says it uncovered West Bank Hamas cell planning major bombing attacks
Palestinians with permits to enter Israel for medical care conveyed messages from terror leaders in Gaza to operatives in the West Bank, Shin Bet security service says
By Judah Ari Gross
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters following his teleconference with troops from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, November 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
November 22, 2018, 2:21 pm
Trump says Israel would be in ‘big trouble’ without Saudi Arabia
US president justifies maintaining normal ties with Riyadh despite murder of Khashoggi by saying it has been ‘tremendously helpful’ in region
By Michael Bachner
Avi Arieli at home in Kfar Adumim in the West Bank settlement on October 21, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
November 19, 2018, 6:19 am
How to prevent Jewish and Arab terror, from a Shin Bet commander who fought both
In a rare interview after 30 years in the agency, Avi Arieli reveals much of its workings, shares his doctrine for combating extremism, which relies more on education than defense
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at a special cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 11, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)
November 18, 2018, 3:27 pm
After bitter debate, cabinet approves budget cut to raise cops’ salaries
Across-the-board budget cut of 1.35% will cover multi-billion-shekel cost of equalizing police, Prisons Service, Shin Bet and Mossad salaries to those of IDF soldiers
By TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with the Palestinian Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 28, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
November 9, 2018, 11:50 am
82 or 83? The curious confusion over Mahmoud Abbas’s age
According to some sources, the Palestinian Authority president’s birthday is next week; others say it was in March
By Adam Rasgon
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)
November 6, 2018, 1:12 pm
‘Deceptive quiet’: Shin Bet chief says 480 terror attacks foiled in past year
Nadav Argaman tells lawmakers that Palestinian territories are ‘extremely unstable’
By Tamar Pileggi
A car belonging to a Palestinian couple is seen after it was involved in a deadly crash reportedly due to stone-throwing by Israeli settlers at the Tapuah Junction in the northern West Bank on October 12, 2018. (Zachariah Sadeh/Rabbis for Human Rights); Aisha Muhammad Talal Rabi (Courtesy)
November 1, 2018, 10:24 pm
Growing Shin Bet conviction that Jews threw rock that killed Palestinian woman
Hours after Aisha Rabi was murdered, far-right activists drove on Sabbath to West Bank yeshiva and coached students on how to endure Shin Bet interrogations, defense official says
By Jacob Magid
Haifa terrorist Muhammad Shinawi in court (Channel 10 screenshot)
October 23, 2018, 3:15 pm
Haifa terrorist handed life sentence for killing man, wounding another
Judges say Muhammad Shinawi motivated by ‘hatred of Jews,’ has shown no regret for 2017 attack that killed Guy Kafri and injured Yehiel Iluz
By TOI staff
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