Tag: Israel Police
Can the Border Police become Israel’s National Guard?
The recent string of deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians has once again brought into focus the Israel Police’s large number of missions and how these can stretch it to the limit.
It was police...
IDF sends four extra battalions amid security tensions in West Bank
The Israel Defense Force’s Judea and Samaria Division will receive four additional infantry battalions on Tuesday in the wake of two deadly ISIS-inspired terror attacks in Israel, Ynet reported on Monday.
The four battalions—from the Givati, Kfir,...
Israel Police chief: ‘Fake news’ about Pegasus scandal caused untold damage
The scandal sparked by reports that the Israel Police illegally used spyware against civilians has caused the force’s image considerable damage that will take time to repair, Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai said on Tuesday.
The...
Pegasus scandal may impact Netanyahu corruption trial, experts say
Those calling for an end to the Netanyahu corruption trial felt the wind at their backs earlier this month following bombshell revelations that the Israel Police may have used Pegasus software to spy on...
Shin Bet arrests Hamas operative who entered Israel for medical treatment
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), together with the Israel Police, announced on Thursday that they had arrested a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip at the end of January who entered Israel with a...
Reports of spyware abuse ‘completely unfounded,’ says former Israeli police chief
Israel’s former police commissioner said on Wednesday that the troubling reports accusing the law enforcement agency of using NGO Group’s Pegasus surveillance technology illegally are “completely unfounded.”
A series of exposés by financial daily Calcalist alleging an unprecedented...
Israeli security forces thwart terrorist infrastructure in Jordan Valley region
Hundreds of Israel Defense Forces soldiers, Border Police and Israel Police officers took part in a security operation on Sunday night in the Jordan Valley region, the Israeli military announced on Monday.
The operation was aimed...
Hundreds arrested in months-long operation to rein in Arab-sector crime
Following three months of intensive efforts to rein in crime in the Arab sector, senior Israel Police officials said on Tuesday that 98 Arab Israeli criminals from three crime organizations had been taken off...
Israeli ex-security leaders sound warning over deteriorating domestic security
Former Israeli minister Maj. Gen. (res.) Yoav Gallant said on Tuesday that unless immediate action was taken regarding the deteriorating domestic security situation, there was a “large concern” security forces could lose control.
Speaking at...
Israeli minister denies police abuse of NSO spyware against citizens
Israeli Internal Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev on Saturday night denied a recent press report that the Israel Police has been using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware against citizens, without a court order, through use of a legal...