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Newly appointed Police Commissioner Daniel Levi at a ceremony of new appointments and ranks of the Israeli police, at the Ministry of National Security in Jerusalem, on July 4, 2023.

The responsibility of new Police Commissioner Daniel Levi: Protect the public first

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Chief of police Kobi Shabtai speaks during a farewell ceremony in his honor, at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024.

Kobi Shabtai's first speech since resigning: 'The police stopped Hamas on Oct 7'

By ALON HACHMON , SHAKED SADE , MATAN WASSERMAN

The new bulletproof ambulances.

Israel Police debut first ever bulletproof ambulances

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel Police's Avshalom Peled, 2023

The race for commissioner: Ben-Gvir’s Israel Police head candidate may be disqualified

By ANNA BARSKY , TAMAR URIEL-BEERI

Chief of police Kobi Shabtai with Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir at the scene of a terror attack in the Jewish settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, outside of Jerusalem, August 1, 2023.

'Police are not a militia': Israel Police's Kobi Shabtai blasts Ben-Gvir

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Police use a cannon to spray skunk water, a foul smelling substance, on protesters at a demonstration following a parliament vote on a contested bill that limits Supreme Court powers to void some government decisions, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023

Over 8,000 physicians at government hospitals demand halt of water cannons to quell demonstrations

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

(L-R): National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir; Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai (illustrative)

High Court begins hearing on Ben-Gvir Law, police chief expected to oppose

By ELIAV BREUER

Chief of police Kobi Shabtai with Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir at the scene of a terror attack in the Jewish settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, outside of Jerusalem, August 1, 2023.

Ben-Gvir police commissioner nominee slammed over aid truck security controversy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Chief of police Kobi Shabtai with Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir at the scene of a terror attack in the Jewish settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, outside of Jerusalem, August 1, 2023.

National Security Minister Ben-Gvir seeks dismissal of Police Commissioner Shabtai

By Maya Gur Arieh , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

By ALON HACHMON , ANNA BARSKY

Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai

Police warn of fake messages threatening recipients of investigation against them

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

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

By ARIELLA MARSDEN

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

IDF arrests five Palestinian terror suspects in overnight West Bank raid

By MICHAEL STARR

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF