Security cabinet

Trump expected to announce Phase II of Gaza ceasefire despite conditions not being met - exclusive

This comes despite the return of all the hostages held in Gaza being a key tenet of the first phase of the ceasefire. The remains of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili remain in captivity.

US President Donald Trump takes questions from the members of the press aboard Air Force One on January 11, 2026 en route back to the White House from Palm Beach, Florida.
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a security cabinet meeting on April 6, 2023

Netanyahu convenes Israel's security cabinet on Gaza ceasefire's Phase II

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of the government meeting on January 4, 2026.

Israel will achieve peace with Iran one day, Netanyahu tells cabinet during protests

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of the government meeting on January 4, 2026.

PM Netanyahu briefs Security Cabinet on Trump meeting, Iran


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

"The Security Cabinet authorized one outpost for every country that unilaterally recognized Palestine as a state in the last month," Smotrich said.

 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.

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

The move came after MK Benny Gantz left the emergency government and far-right MKs exerted pressure, leaving the future of the war unclear.

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

Israeli cabinet to act against PA, unilateral Palestinian statehood

The PMO’s announcement comes as the Biden administration has pushed for a Saudi normalization deal that would include a pathway for Palestinian statehood.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his cabinet in Jerusalem.

The current war cabinet is leading the people of Israel into the abyss - opinion

The Gaza war cabinet denies responsibility and leads the State of Israel into the abyss. Israel must dismantle the war cabinet before it destroys the country.

 Benny Gantz, Hertzl Levi, Yoav Galant, Benjamin Netanyahu

Civilian oversight of the IDF is an urgent necessity - opinion

The army and the government all failed in the run-up to October 7. But it is the government’s job to supervise the military. The IDF should get used to it.

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich (right) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hold a joint news conference, in December. Smotrich is 100% right in how he is challenging the IDF and Defense Ministry by refusing to serve as a rubber stamp, the writer argues.

No matter how big, Israel's defense budget alone can't provide security

Former INSS head says security is dependent on a diplomatic process, not just budgetary increase.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir embrace ahead of the 2023 budget vote.

Ben-Gvir reportedly slammed for questioning why surrendering Hamas men were arrested, not killed

Other Israeli officials criticized Itamar Ben-Gvir for his proposal to execute those who surrendered.

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in Gaza's Khan Yunis April 3, 2024

Netanyahu accuses hostage negotiators of lying to public - report

The war cabinet met on Sunday evening for the first time in 12 days to discuss the issue of the hostages.

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 31, 2024.

For Israel's future, the stalling of the Haredi draft must end - editorial

Why should some able-bodied young men and women be asked to risk their lives for the collective while other equally able-bodied members of that collective are not asked to do the same?

 HAREDI MEN clash with police during a protest  in Jerusalem, following the arrest of an IDF recruit who failed to comply with his draft orders, last month

New Hope chief Gideon Sa’ar announces he’s quitting government

Gideon Sa’ar stressed that he and his party tried to get the government to change its approach to the war.

 MK Gideon Sa'ar announces he's leaving the government. March 25, 2024