National security council

Gov't unanimously approves Shmuel Ben Ezra's appointment to National Security Council

Ben Ezra has more than 30 years of experience in security, technology, and cyber, and had led the development of the Arrow-3 air defense system.

SHMUEL BEN-EZRA.
 Former National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025

The crucial role of Israel’s next national security adviser - opinion

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PM Netanyahu appoints Shmuel Ben Ezra as new National Security Council chief

Police stand guard after the Israeli Premier League match between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv was canceled at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, on October 19, 2025.

Israel not adequately prepared to protect Israeli sports fans abroad


NSC chief Hulata confirms Israeli ops in Iran in 2022

The NSC chief made it clear that Israel would act independently against the Islamic Republic regardless of Washington's view on the issue.

 Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri and IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh walk during the unveiling of "Kheibarshekan" missile at an undisclosed location in Iran, in this picture obtained on February 9, 2022.

Ex-NSC chief Ben Shabbat: Our oversight of Mt. Meron disaster ‘minimal’

The commission of inquiry is looking into top officials who had a potential wide view of problems leading to the disaster which killed 45 people.

 Former National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat arrives to tesitfy before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 10, 2022.

Travel warning for Israelis to Turkey lowers to medium after Iranian threats

The statement came 10 days after Turkish intelligence revealed that it stopped an Iranian attack against a number of Israeli tourists.

 The flags of Turkey and Israel are flown as President Isaac Herzog makes a state visit to Turkey, March 9, 2022.

COVID-19 in Israel: 39,015 new cases, Finance Min. Liberman among them

Some 519,066 Israelis have received the fourth COVID-19 vaccine to date, the Health Ministry reported on Saturday evening.

 People some with face masks shop for grocery at the mahane Yehuda market  in Jerusalem on January 13, 2022.

Bennett, top Israeli chiefs hold event for retired NSC head

Meir Ben-Shabbat spent four years as the government's national security adviser and as the head of the National Security Council.

 (L-R) Incoming NSC head Dr. Eyal Hulata, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and retired NSC head Meir Ben-Shabbat posing at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem.

Sinai warning level lowered for Israelis after a decade of high alert

Sinai has remained a popular tourist destination for Israelis ever since it was returned to Egypt during the peace accords in 1979, with a steady rise in visitors since 2016.

TOURISTS AT the Red Sea resort of Sharm e-Sheikh, in February. The book tries to decipher where the sea split for Moses

The wild world of the Mossad in Sudan - analysis

Could normalization between Israel and Sudan endangered by internal Israeli rivalries?

A Sudanese demonstrator, seeking to revive a push for civilian rule in ongoing tumult since the overthrow of former President Omar al-Bashir more than two months ago, makes a victory sign during a demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan, June 27, 2019

National Security Council convenes committee for gender mainstreaming

The committee includes Arab and ultra-Orthodox representatives, as well as the head of Forum Dvorah that works to increase female representation in national security and foreign policy.

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL head Meir Ben-Shabbat attends a state audit committee meeting at the Knesset in 2018

Government warns Israelis against travel in Mideast amid Iran threat

The National Security Council pointed to recent threats by Iranian officials, as well as the targeting of the Israeli embassy in New Delhi in January.

THE ALMOST empty Ben-Gurion Airport last week.

Anne Neuberger, Biden's Jewish pick for cybersecurity adviser - Politico

According to two people familiar with the plans, Biden plans to name Neuberger as deputy national security adviser for cybersecurity in the incoming NSC, Politico reported.

Anne Neuberger