Omer Bar Lev

Former police chiefs petition High Court to block Ben-Gvir’s role in police promotions

The petitioners argue that Ben-Gvir should be stripped of the authority to approve promotions for investigative officers.

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a rally in support of the current Israeli government, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2025.
Labor party leader MK Merav Michaeli leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 17, 2023

Labor 'finished its role' in Israeli politics, Michaeli must resign - Omer Bar Lev

"It began when the party decided to lower its security flag to half-mast," the former IDF Sayeret Matkal commander lamented.

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Challah bread from Angel Bakery in Israel (Illustrative).

Lessons from the Israeli haredi boycott of Angel Bakery - analysis

The boycott ended just over a month after it started and after sagging Angel sales and a 3.5% drop in its stock price.

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Israeli police stand in a line as protesters demonstrate on 'Day of Equality' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel May 4, 2023.

Israeli judicial reform protest actions fray national solidarity - analysis

With the atmosphere as charged as it is, each side would do well to consider the ramifications of their actions and ask themselves if they are taking are not putting Israel on a slippery slope.

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Bennett, Bar Lev visit bar in Tel Aviv that was site of attack

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke to the crowd about the importance of carrying on with their daily lives amid a string of terror attacks.

APRIL 12, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visits the Ilka Bar in Tel Aviv, Monday, April 11, 2022.

Only 18% of Israeli public trusts public security minister - poll

A majority of Israelis expressed concerns about their personal safety amid a wave of terrorist attacks.

APRIL 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev at the scene of a terrorist attack that left one dead and three injured, November 21, 2021.

Gilboa Prison inquiry warns prisons chief, 3 others - warning could lead to later firing

Israel Prisons Service (IPS) Chief and three other top officials that their failures led to the Gilboa Prison breakout warned.

MARCH 31, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
POLICE OFFICERS and prison guards stand outside the Gilboa jail following the escape by Palestinian security prisoners.

Christians call on Israeli authorities for protection amid ISIS threat

The letter warned harm to Christians in Israel during Easter would cause "great embarrassment and damage to the State of Israel."

MARCH 29, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Holy Fire celebration at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem

Hadera attack victims buried: 'Our lives have darkened, the ground shaken'

Thousands attended the burial ceremonies of Border Police officers Yazan Falah and Shirel Aboukrat on Monday.

MARCH 28, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Funeral of Shirel Aboukrat, the Border Police officer killed in Sunday's terror attack in Hadera, March 28, 2022.

Bar Lev, top Palestinian official met 30 minutes after Beersheba terror attack

At the meeting, PA civil affairs head Hussein al-Sheikh condemned the Beersheba attack that killed four Israelis.

MARCH 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PUBLIC SECURITY Minister Omer Bar Lev.

Gantz: Rock throwers are terrorists, whoever they are

Gantz spoke out in the aftermath of a number of highly publicized incidents of violence against Palestinians attributed to settlers and or Jewish extremists.

JANUARY 24, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A man is seen wounded after being attacked by Jewish extremist settlers in the West Bank.

Settler attack against Burin was ‘organized terror’ incident - Bar Lev

Politicians from the Right and the Left have condemned the Burin attack, including the Yesha Council, which is the political arm of the settler movement.

JANUARY 23, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A car is seen aflame after Jewish settler extremists attacked near the village of Burin in the West Bank.

Gideon Sa'ar: Reports about NSO, police must be checked

"There is an unbridgeable gap between the claims in the Calcalist article and the official statements of the police."

JANUARY 19, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, GIL HOFFMAN
NEW HOPE leader Gideon Sa'ar, August 2, 2021

Ex-Pakistani Chief Justice tells Israelis about fighting for judicial independence

Bar-Lev, Lawyers president slam Amsalem’s personal attack on Justice Mintz.

JANUARY 6, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Students at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem earlier this year.