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 NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stands at the government's table in the Knesset plenum. His announcement on easing the threshold conditoins ofr license seekers was a reckless move that takes advantage of the public's fear, the writer argues.

'New sheriff in town,' Ben-Gvir announces candidate to replace chief of police

  Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai

Police warn of fake messages threatening recipients of investigation against them

 Yuval Castleman at the scene of the Jerusalem shooting as a first responder.

M-16 bullet, fragments found in Castleman’s body

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Ben-Gvir: Nukhba terrorists should be held underground in poor conditions

 March of the Nations: Thousands of Christians from more than 90 countries march through the streets of Jerusalem on October 4, 2023.

Jerusalem March unites Christians from 90 countries in grand display of faith

 A POLICE station in Katzrin: Within the context of our diverse country, policing should be regional and local, all the way down to individual neighborhoods, says the writer.

Cornerstone laid for new police station in Shfaram day after 6 murdered

 Israeli police patrol central Jerusalem ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. September 24, 2023

Police deployed across Israel as chief warns of terror threats

 IDF troops operating in the West Bank. August 24, 2023

IDF arrests five Palestinian terror suspects in overnight West Bank raid

 Parents prepare their child for the first day of school in Israel, on September 1, 2023.

Back to school in pictures: Israel's prominent figures go to class

 NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER Itamar Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend the opening of a new police station in the Negev.

Ben-Gvir vs Shabtai: Who will police obey in a constitutional crisis?

 Police chief Kobi Shabtai and a shrugging National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are seen at the Tel Aviv police district chief departure ceremony on July 19, 2023

Ami Eshed takes shot at Ben-Gvir as new Tel Aviv police chief enters role

 Mother of Iyad al-Hallak, a 32-year-old special needs student who was shot and killed by a border police officer reacts after a court session at the District court in Jerusalem, July 6, 2023Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli court acquits Border Police officer who killed disabled Palestinian

 NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER Itamar Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend the opening of a new police station in the Negev.

Police chief Shabtai to finish term in January, Tel Aviv commander replaced

 NATIONAL MISSIONS Minister Orit Struck.

Struck compares security chiefs to Wagner force for calling out Jewish terror

 NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER Itamar Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend the opening of a new police station in the Negev.

Israel Police chief to leave role next year amid spat with Ben-Gvir

 MAJ.-GEN. Herzi Halevi, the IDF chief of staff, speaks to troops along the Gaza border.

Israel's security chiefs say settler violence is terror as US demands action

 Chief of police Kobi Shabtai and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir at the Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem April 20, 2023.

Who are Ben-Gvir's leading candidates to be Israel Police's next chief?

By ALON HACHMON/MAARIV ONLINE
 Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir and Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai at Itamar Ben-Gvir's daughter's Bat Mitzvah ceremony in Kiryat Arba, December 8, 2022.

Israel Police chief to leave role next year, Ben-Gvir rules