Tag: Shin Bet
Israel Security Agency chief: Israel ‘spares no effort’ to protect prime minister
The Shin Bet provides full protection for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, and public officials should avoid “fanning the flames” of the country’s current heated political debate, ISA director Nadav Argaman...
Shin Bet foils Iran, Hezbollah terror plot in Judea and Samaria
The Shin Bet announced on Tuesday that it had thwarted an Iran- and Hezbollah-backed terrorist plot to launch high-profile attacks in Judea and Samaria by means of a Popular Front for the Liberation of...
Colorado Rep. Lamborn: US underreports terrorist attacks against Israel in 2019
The U.S. State Department has said that it would amend its human-rights report published four months ago following a letter from two Republican congressmen stating that the number of terrorist attacks against Israel has...
Israel reinstates use of spy tech to track coronavirus carriers
Israel’s government voted unanimously on Wednesday to resume the use of surveillance tools by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) to trace the movements of known coronavirus carriers, amid a surge in new COVID-19...
Shin Bet COVID-19 surveillance program frozen, for now
The Ministerial Committee on Legislation in Israel’s Knesset approved a bill on Tuesday granting the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) authority to restart surveillance of known COVID-19 carriers at some point in the future...
Israel extends phone-tracking surveillance for three weeks
A Knesset panel extended the mobile phone-data tracking system by the Shin Bet security service until May 26, giving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu less additional time than he had wanted.
Netanyahu’s cabinet will present...
Israel thwarts terror attack at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem
Israel thwarted several terror attacks in Jerusalem, including at the country’s largest soccer stadium, the Shin Bet security services announced on Wednesday.
The Shin Bet arrested three Hamas members last month who planned to carry...
Israeli officials make wearing masks in public mandatory
The Israeli government announced on Tuesday a new regulation requiring people to wear masks in public in order to help stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis last...
Israel thwarts attempt to smuggle weapons to Hamas by sea
The Israel Navy thwarted an attempt three months ago to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip from the Sinai by sea, the Israel Defense Forces announced in a statement on Tuesday.
According to the IDF,...
French president scolds Israeli security at Jerusalem church in Old City
French President Emmanuel Macron berated Israeli security personnel on Wednesday during a visit to Jerusalem’s Old City, after they pushed ahead of his own security detail to enter the Church of Saint Anne, which...