Kobi Shabtai

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

Time will tell what he will do and which direction he will choose to take the police in, but there is no doubt that this is one of the most critical public security bodies this country has.

AUGUST 16, 2024|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

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.

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'

Former Police chief Kobi Shabtai addressed the activities of the police during the October 7 massacre and his successor at a conference at Western Galilee College.

JULY 22, 2024|ByALON HACHMON, SHAKED SADE, MATAN WASSERMAN

Israel Police debut first ever bulletproof ambulances

The initiative was spearheaded by the nonprofits "Israel Friends" and "Let's Do Something," which provided the funding and support necessary for this critical enhancement.

JULY 17, 2024|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Israel Police deputy commissioner Avshalom Peled, nominated last month by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to be the next police commissioner, is now under scrutiny.

JULY 1, 2024|ByANNA BARSKY, TAMAR URIEL-BEERI

Netanyahu, police chief blamed for Meron disaster, receive letters of warning

Warning letters could be the beginning of a legal process against the former prime minister, minister of public security and police chief Shabtai.

AUGUST 30, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to tesitfy before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 21, 2022

Police in crisis over lack of almost 2,000 officers

The force is short 566 patrol officers, 322 investigators and 198 detectives among other officers, causing the closure of 18 police stations across the country and leaving 12,880 cases unattended.

JULY 7, 2022ByROMAN MEITAV

Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai at a Public Security Committee meeting, July 5, 2022.

Israel Police volunteer killed in ramming attack laid to rest

Carmeli was fatally hit by a drunk driver while volunteering at a police sobriety checkpoint in Rishon Lezion on Saturday morning.

JUNE 12, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai lays a wreath on the grave of police volunteer Amichai Carmeli

More attacks follow forces’ capture of terrorists after three-day manhunt

Perpetrators found kilometers from scene of Elad attack • Ramallah man stabs officer at Damascus Gate • 4 Palestinians try to infiltrate Tekoa, one shot dead

MAY 8, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Israeli security forces capturing the two terrorists who carried out an attack in Elad on May 5 that left three dead, May 8, 2022.

Israeli officials want to take responsibility for Meron, but not blame - analysis

All the officials involved in the Meron investigation agree that they are responsible for what happened but denied that they were to blame.

APRIL 12, 2022ByHERB KEINON

Meron investigation committee, August 22.

Police chief shifts blame for Meron disaster to Northern District chief

Police chief Kobi Shabtai blamed politicians and engineers for the disaster in which 45 people died.

APRIL 11, 2022BySHLOMI HELLER/WALLA!

Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai visits at a temporary roadblock on Highway 1 outside Jerusalem

COVID-19 in Israel: 15,600 new cases, Bennett tests positive

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Monday morning that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, adding that he felt well and would continue working from his home throughout the isolation.

MARCH 28, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF