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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Is Israel more prepared to handle sex offenses one year after Eilat gang rape?

The Eilat gang rape made Israelis realize that their children could have been the victims as well as the aggressors.

AUGUST 22, 2021ByEVE YOUNG
Israelis take part in a demonstration in support of the 16-year-old victim of a gang rape in Eilat, Tel Aviv, August 23, 2020

Police to significantly increase enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions

On Sunday, 318 fines were issued for Israelis not wearing a mask, compared to 89 on Saturday, and 74 fines were issued for violating isolation restrictions, compared to 47 on Saturday.

AUGUST 9, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli police officers guard at the entrance to a neighborhood in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias, June 24, 2020, during a closure on some neighborhood in the city following the spread of the Coronavirus.

Two more complaints filed against modeling agent Shai Avital, 5 total

Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev apologized to Israeli model Gal Gvaram after she was sent home when trying to file a sexual harassment complaint against modeling agent Shai Avital.

JULY 28, 2021BySHIRA SILKOFF
Israeli protesters chant slogans as they march in the SlutWalk in central Jerusalem, on June 18, 2021.

Public Security Minister Bar Lev appoints violence against women advisor

Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev appointed an advisor on violence against women following allegations of sexual assault against high-profile Israeli model manager Shai Avital.

JULY 26, 2021ByEVE YOUNG
Zionist Union MK Omer Bar-Lev

Public Security Minister meets Arab leadership to discuss fighting violent crime

Since the beginning of 2021, at least 48 Arabs in Israel have been killed in violent incidents, according to the Abraham Initiatives.

JULY 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A protest against the rising crime and violence in the Arab sector in Israel, Jaffa, Saturday, February 6, 2021.

Public Security Minister Bar Lev promises to protect Women of the Wall

The announcement follows violent protests against egalitarian prayer at the holy site.

JUNE 21, 2021ByBEN BARUCH
WOMEN OF THE Wall hold a prayer service in the Western Wall plaza in 2019

Jerusalem braces for clashes as flag march nears

Route of the procession will not go through Damascus Gate and Muslim Quarter as in previous years, but through the Jaffa Gate skirting the Muslim quarter and into the Western Wall plaza.

JUNE 15, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON, LAHAV HARKOV, ZACHARY KEYSER
Israelis take cover as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip, during Jerusalem day, in Jerusalem, May 10, 2021.

Lapid wishes officers a speedy recovery as Arab MKs blame police, gov't

The most controversial incident of the night was one in which Israeli officers appear to throw stun grenades directly into al-Aqsa Mosque, as Muslim worshippers were praying.

MAY 8, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas is seen meeting with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid.

Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv in realistic fourth slot in Labor

The list will be headed by Labor leader Merav Michaeli, followed by former MK Omer Bar-Lev, who is a former commander of the elite IDF unit Sayeret Matkal.

FEBRUARY 1, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
A poster promoting Rabbi Gilad Kariv

Left accuses Netanyahu of making political capital from Issachar's return

Labor MK Omer Bar-Lev told Radio Darom that Israel surrendered to Russia.

JANUARY 30, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara walk with Naama Issachar and her mother Yaffa after Russian President Vladimir Putin granted Naama a pardon, at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia January 30, 2020.