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.

 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

 Challah bread from Angel Bakery in Israel (Illustrative).

Lessons from the Israeli haredi boycott of Angel Bakery - analysis

 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


Security cabinet gives final approval to boost ‘Yamam’ funding

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev: Don’t mess with upgraded counterterrorism force

YAMAM Special Forces Unit of the Israeli Police (Ilustration)

Security forces attacked by settlers over evacuation of illegal structure

Israel Police forces were attacked by settlers throwing stones, after arriving at Kumi Ori, near Yitzhar, to demolish an illegal structure. A number of police officers and settlers were injured.

 A caravan in Kumi Ori built on IDF land is demolished on Decmber 31, 2021.

Public Security Min. receives bodyguard due to threats from extremist Jews

Bar Lev is not the only minister who has received bodyguards due to threats from Jewish extremists. Matan Kahana has had bodyguards since being threatened due to his Kashrut reforms.

 Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev attends the first Public Security Knesset Committee on September 13, 2021

Omer Bar Lev faces the storm over tweet on settler violence - opinion

We are responsible for our own conduct, and our yardstick for judging ourselves should not be the conduct of our neighbors, but our own laws and proclaimed values

 PUBLIC SECURITY Minister Omer Bar Lev.

Bar Lev: Do not veto IDF women as prison guards due to pimping scandal

Yisrael Beytenu MK Yossi Shein called the program a “colossal failure” and vehemently opposed extending the law for three years.

 Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev attends the first Public Security Knesset Committee on September 13, 2021

Yes, prime minister - opinion

It was appropriate for you to have called settlers the “protective wall of us, all [whom] we must strengthen and support in word and deed.”

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the cabinet meeting, December 5, 2021.

‘We must protect settlers,’ Bennett says amid Bar Lev ‘violence’ row

The public security minister Omer Bar Lev spoke with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on several topics regarding the Palestinians.

 Israeli settlers clash with Palestinians after throwing stones at houses on the edge of the Palestinian village of Burin, November 6, 2021

Gilboa Prison pimping affair is a ‘red flag,’ ‘requires investigation’ - State Comptroller

Matanyahu Englman made the remarks during a visit to Ariel University. When he was asked by students, he said: "The picture described by the female guards is a red flag."

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englmann attends a press conference to announce the opening of an investigationn into Israel's Mount Meron disaster, at the State Comptroller offices in Jerusalem, May 3, 2021.

Gilboa Prison pimping affair: Knesset rejects investigation proposal

The proposal, which would designate discussions to establish a state inquiry committee into the pimping affair, fell 46-41 in the Knesset plenum.

 Knesset plenum right before the vote commenced to pass a law to create a state commissioner's inquiry into the Gilboa Prison pimping affair, December 8, 2021.

Ministerial committee on civilian preparedness convenes

The committee, led by Defense Minister Benny Gantz, included Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman and others.

Coalition members at the Knesset, 3 November, 2021.