National security council

The crucial role of Israel’s next national security adviser - opinion

A senior diplomat once captured Israel’s foreign relations for me in just four words: “The good is improving; the bad is deteriorating.”

 Former National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025
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PM Netanyahu appoints Shmuel Ben Ezra as new National Security Council chief

Police stand guard after the Israeli Premier League match between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv was canceled at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, on October 19, 2025.

Israel not adequately prepared to protect Israeli sports fans abroad

A POLICE officer stands guard in front of the Jewish Museum on Nieuwe Amstelstraat in Amsterdam on March 14, 2026.

National Security Council advises Israelis abroad to avoid public Passover events during Iran war


Knesset passes controversial law allowing expulsion of terrorists' family members

These findings suggest that terrorists knowing their families could face consequences may deter them from carrying out attacks.

Inside the Knesset building.

Lahav 433 investigates NSC chief Tzachi Hanegbi on suspicion of bribery

Hanegbi allegedly wrote a reference letter for a contractor, in exchange for which he reportedly received thousands of shekels.

 National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi speaks during a statement to the media at HaKirya base in Tel Aviv on October 14, 2023

IDF troops should refuse orders to commit war crimes, former NSC official tells BBC

Eran Etzion told the BBC that IDF soldiers should refuse illegal orders if they suspect the orders will cause war crimes.

 IDF soldiers raiding a 14-story-tall building in an UNRWA facility in the Gaza Strip filled with Hamas terrorists, October 22, 2024.

Hamas considers targeting Israelis abroad following Haniyeh assassination - N12 report

Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, was killed on July 31, 2024, in Tehran, Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of Iran's new president.

 A DEMONSTRATOR holds up a poster of former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, at a protest in Sanaa, Yemen, earlier this month.

Israel warns its citizens to brace for terror attacks abroad

There is a possibility that embassies, synagogues, Israeli businesses, Chabad houses, kosher restaurants, and other various Jewish sites could be targeted, the NSC said.

 Travellers at the departure halls of Ben Gurion International Airport ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover. April 14, 2022.

Netanyahu 'endangers Israel's security' in Submarine Affair, probe warns

The commission said that it will soon publish unclassified parts of the evidence collected during the probe into the deal, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out of the 'Rahav,' the fifth submarine in the navy's fleet, in 2017

Former National Security Council deputy: If we continue like this we won't achieve war goals

NSC Head Hanegbi distanced himself from the remarks, stating, "Hamo's statements represent himself alone."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Israeli forces in Gaza, May 16, 2024

Security Council: Israelis, Jews face significant terror threat abroad

The Israel-Hamas war has led to an increase in Hamas activity against Jews and Israelis abroad, and in December 2023, a large terror infrastructure belonging to Hamas was exposed in Europe.

 The scene of a car ramming terrorist attack next to the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, Israel, on April 24, 2023.

Israel's National Security Council calls on public to 'act responsibly' when traveling on Ramadan

"This period [Ramadan] has a unique religious meaning in the Muslim world. Muslim terrorist organizations see Ramadan as an opportunity to carry out attacks and acts of violence," the statement read.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set fire to an Israeli flag during a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), during the holy month of Ramadan in Istanbul, Turkey April 14, 2023.

US Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin hospitalized, was in ICU, Biden not told

Even members of the White House's National Security Council were not informed, and Congress was apparently notified only 15 minutes before the press.

 U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks on the day of the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute, September 29, 2023.