The head of the Israeli Shin Bet security agency, Ronen Bar, engaged in a rare phone call with so-called National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to convince him to postpone his planned visit Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem). “The aim was to avoid escalating tensions with Palestinians during the ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to downplay his exclusion of the so-called National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir from a high-level meeting on security matters Sunday, claiming the subject matter fell outside his purview. In a statement to reporters, the Prime Minister’s Office said the classified Sunday afternoon meeting ...