Tzachi Hanegbi

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.
SHMUEL BEN-EZRA.

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

 Former National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025

Ex-NSC chief Tzachi Hanegbi slams haredi draft bill, warns it endangers Israel’s future

Outgoing supreme court justice Yosef Elron, president Yitzhak Amit and Supreme court justices a ceremony for outgoing Supreme Court judge Yosef Elron, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. September 18, 2025.

Israel cannot wait for state investigation into October 7 failures - editorial


Jerusalem halts taxes that led to closure of Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Will the Church of the Holy Sepulchre reopen?

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City

Minister Hanegbi vows egalitarian prayer site at Kotel 'will be beautiful'

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan added that "agreements reached in good faith must be honored."

A view of the Western Wall plaza, the Dome of the Rock and the top of Al Aksa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Has Netanyahu written off liberal US Jews?

“To the best of my knowledge, those are not his views,” said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Michael Oren, a former ambassador to the US.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Hanegbi vows to fight primaries bill in Likud feud

The bill, sponsored by Likud MK David Amsalem, would allow funding for primary candidates if three conditions are met.

Tzachi Hanegbi

S. Africa’s ruling party criticized over Hanegbi visit

Israeli ministers have been unable to meet with their South African counterparts due to tensions over what the ruling party has deemed “the occupation of Palestine.”

Regional Cooperations Minister Tzachi Hanegbi meets yesterday withJeff Radebe, Minister in the South African presidential office in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Facebook)

How long might it take for Netanyahu to go?

There are three possible timetables for Netanyahu’s legal process.

Prime Minister Netanyahu enters a meeting of the security cabinet, August 2017

Netanyahu angry Likud ministers slow to back him

It would appear that in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's eyes, those who are not with him are against him.

Prime Minister Netanyahu, Tzachi Braverman, and Yisrael Katz at security cabinet meeting