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Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services and Mossad chief David Barnea attend a farewell ceremony in his honor, at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024.

IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet heads not invited to security cabinet discussion

By AMICHAI STEIN , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former prime minister Naftali Bennett. (Illustrative)

Netanyahu asked Shin Bet to block Bennett from security cabinet, former chief reveals

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(L to R): Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar.

Israel will know if Gaza hostage deal with Hamas is possible 'in coming days'

By AMICHAI STEIN

The “Fabric of Life” road, which will connect the villages of a-Za’im and al-Eizariya.

New 'Fabric of Life' bypass road near Ma’aleh Adumim aims to ease traffic, enhance safety

By JOANIE MARGULIES , DAVID BRINN

Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, March 26, 2025

Security Cabinet to meet Saturday evening to discuss Gaza protests, hostage talks

Protesters demand the implementation of the hostage deal's second phase near the Knesset building on February 11, 2025.

Hostage families evacuated from outside PM's Office demanding resumption of deal

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Security cabinet meeting to discuss the Rafah, March 15, 2024.

Netanyahu, security cabinet to discuss second phase of Gaza hostage deal Tuesday

By AMICHAI STEIN

Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, attends a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks, at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery, May 13, 2024

Shin Bet head Ronen Bar: '82% of those released in Shalit deal returned to terror activity'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a speech ahead of a cabinet meeting on December 3, 2024

Government approves the hostage deal after seven hours of deliberation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the District Court in Jerusalem after the testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan's in his trial, on July 6, 2023

Court rejects ministers’ request to delay Netanyahu trial

By ELIAV BREUER

Gilad Erdan speaks to delegates after a voting on a US ceasefire resolution for the Gaza war during a UN Security Council meeting

What’s next for Gilad Erdan after his high-profile return from the UN?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ISRAELI FORCES secure a road following a rocket attack from Lebanon, near Kiryat Shmona, last month.

Why Israel is shifting focus to returning evacuees to the North

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

STRATEGIC AFFAIRS Minister Ron Dermer stated, according to a leaked account of a security cabinet meeting, that ‘the prime minister can do whatever he wants.’

Security cabinet leaks are endangering Israel’s security

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a discussion and a vote on the expulsion of MK Ofer Cassif at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024.

Netanyahu risks hostage deal in working alone

By AMICHAI COHEN , MIRIT LAVI

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are both seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem.

PM has 'authority to execute the hostages': Gallant, Bibi clash at cabinet meeting

By Tal Shalev/Walla

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. January 11, 2023.

Smotrich and Levin refused to vote on Yemen attack, citing 'insufficient information'

By YAKI ADAMKER , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a meeting of his Religious Zionist Party parliamentary faction, last week, in the Knesset. Will the war bring an economic boom like the Six Day War, or a bust like Yom Kippur? There are arguments supporting both sides, says the writer.

Smotrich: cabinet authorized 5 West Bank outposts, sanctions against PA

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Security cabinet meeting to discuss the Rafah, March 15, 2024.

Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet: Will it change Israel's war on Hamas?

By ELIAV BREUER