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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Yuval Diskin

Large crowds outside the Begin Gate of the Defense Ministry HQ in Tel Aviv rally to demand the return of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, June 22, 2024 (Anat Azaria / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
June 23, 2024, 1:27 am
‘All hangs by a thread,’ David Grossman tells thousands at rally for election, hostage deal
Former Shin Bet chief Diskin calls Netanyahu worst PM in Israeli history; thousands mark 20th birthday of hostage Naama Levy; 3 arrested amid violent clashes with cops in Tel Aviv
By Canaan Lidor, Charlie Summers, ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv on October 28, 2023. (Dana Kopel/POOL)
November 1, 2023, 2:56 pm
Protest leaders, ex-security chiefs step up calls for Netanyahu to resign amid war
After a period of political moderation, critics say Netanyahu not fit or capable to lead country during war
By Jeremy Sharon
A photo provided by an anti-judicial overhaul activist shows thousands protesting in Tel Aviv with a sign reading 'The court is supreme,' September 9, 2023. (Gilad Furst)
September 9, 2023, 11:49 pm
‘Every government act is suspicious’: Masses protest overhaul ahead of court showdown
Over 100,000 rally in city, days before key hearings on overhaul’s reasonableness law; woman lightly injured as vehicle hits protesters blocking Ayalon Highway
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative. An IDF soldier from the C4I Corps types on a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 11, 2023, 12:33 pm
300 cyberwarfare reservists say they won’t volunteer for duty, as overhaul advanced
Gallant quoted warning ministers IDF ‘will not be able to withstand’ certain number of key reserve members quitting service
By Emanuel Fabian
Demonstrators rally against the government's judicial overhaul plans, in Tel Aviv, on April 22, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
April 22, 2023, 1:05 pm
Anti-overhaul protests for 16th week as Israel readies to honor fallen, mark 75 years
Hundreds of thousands set to take to the streets Saturday night at over 100 locations; Tel Aviv demonstration to be addressed by ex-Shin Bet head Yuval Diskin
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on the night of the Israeli elections, at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 20, 2022, 1:29 am
Sara Netanyahu heard calling ex-Shin Bet chief Diskin a ‘moron’ in recording
Tape airs of former PM’s wife complaining that security service only ‘covers its ass,’ ex-aide Hefetz details Yair Netanyahu’s attempts to meddle in sensitive security decisions
By Ash Obel and ToI Staff
Arnon Milchan (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in the Knesset, on March 28, 2005. (Flash90/ File)
November 10, 2020, 10:58 am
Netanyahu allegedly leaked info on Iran to Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan
According to testimony in PM’s graft case, former Shin Bet head made the discovery after the premier sent him to check if the Mossad head had given Milchan the details
By Michael Bachner
Yuval Diskin address online protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 21, 2020. (Screen capture/Facebook)
March 22, 2020, 12:42 am
Nearly 600,000 watch virtual protest against PM, Likud’s shuttering of Knesset
Former Shin Bet, Mossad heads and ex-Supreme Court deputy chief address Facebook event, urge Gantz to refrain from joining coalition led by Netanyahu over his indictments
By Jacob Magid
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
Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, his wife, Sara, and their son Yair, during a meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (not pictured), at Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem on December 8, 2013. (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90/File)
March 19, 2018, 2:06 pm
Netanyahu suspected of obstructing Bezeq probe, report says
PM said to have instructed his media adviser to delete incriminating text messages; his son Yair also reportedly a suspect
By ToI Staff
People leave the Volkswagen factory at Gate 17 in Wolfsburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
February 9, 2017, 11:46 pm
Former Shin Bet head, diplomat, deny role in VW scandal
Yuval Diskin and Avi Primor deny tipping off senior figure in automotive firm about developments in the ‘Dieselgate‘ test emissions scandal
By Sue Surkes
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
Tens of thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv in favor of mandatory military or national service, July 2012. (Tali Mayer/Flash90)
April 4, 2016, 8:48 pm
The end of Israeli democracy?
In the cacophony of grandstanding over Israelis’ endangered liberties, one of the most profound debates in the country’s history is being missed
By Haviv Rettig Gur
January 20, 2016, 8:53 pm
Ashkenazi’s loose lips on military secrets reportedly left PM fuming
A-G report into so-called Harpaz affair includes two incidents in which former IDF chief revealed classified information
By ToI Staff
Former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 22, 2015, 3:10 pm
Ex-Shin Bet chief, -top cop support Breaking the Silence
Ami Ayalon and Elik Ron join other former defense officials backing controversial NGO’s efforts to highlight alleged IDF abuses
By ToI Staff
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