National security council

Knesset bill seeks military burial for Israelis whose suicide tied to IDF service

Under the proposal, discharged soldiers and reservists who took their own lives as a result of combat stress or other psychological harm incurred during service would be eligible for military burial.

IDF soldiers prepare for Remembrance Day at the graves of fallen soldiers at the Har Herzl military cemetery, April 23, 2023.
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025.

Gov't issues warnings for Israelis abroad to avoid unsecured public events after Sydney massacre

Hezbollah supporters hold images of late former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and current leader Naim Qassem at a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025.

Israel, Lebanon hold first senior-level talks in decades as US pushes engagement

US deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus listens to statements following a meeting with Lebanon's president at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on August 26, 2025.

Israel sends diplomats to Lebanon for ceasefire body meeting for first time


Netanyahu names new head of Israel's National Security Council

A former Shin Bet senior official will head the National Security Council.

Meir Ben-Shabbat

Israel doing little to promote own bid for Security Council seat

Israel – beyond making clear that it is interested in a seat – has done little else.

Members of UN Security Council during meeting at UN headquarters in New York , October 14

Former NSC chief Arad: Netanyahu should pursue defense treaty with America

Trump leak won’t stop US-Israel intelligence sharing to fight terrorism.

FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL chief Uzi Arad.

NGO petitions High Court to strike Biometric Database Law

The Biometric Database Law was passed by a 39-to-29 vote on February 27 after years of controversy and adjustments.

A person uses a sensor for biometric identification on a smartphone in Berlin

Trump chooses McMaster to replace Flynn as National Security Advisor

Trump: McMaster is a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience.

President Donald Trump, joined by (left to right) Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, senior adviser Steve Bannon, Communications Director Sean Spicer and National Security Advisor Michael Flynn

Top National Security Council official named in corruption probe

Bar-Yosef served as deputy head of the National Security Council from 2009 to 2015, and before that was director of the Knesset’s Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee.

Avriel Bar-Yosef

Security: Keeping guns out of the hands of terrorist cells

Taking advantage of a decline in violence, the IDF is targeting weapons manufacturers in the West Bank.

IDF TROOPS raid a West Bank weapons workshop this week.

Senior Israeli official to Washington for final stages of defense deal talks

Deal set to be largest-ever US foreign defense guarantee.

An IDF tank takes position along Israel's border with Egypt's North Sinai

UN elects new Security Council members, Israel plans to run for 2018-2019

Ethiopia, Bolivia, Sweden, Kazakhstan and one of Italy or the Netherlands are to be non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for the 2017-2018 term.

A  vote in the United Nations Security Council headquarters in New York

Netanyahu names new NSC head, one of few not from intelligence community

Four of the previous heads came from the ranks of the Mossad: Cohen, Ephraim Halevi, Ilan Mizrahi and Arad. Two others, Amidror and Dani Arditi, held senior positions in Military Intelligence.

Brig.-Gen. (res.) Avriel Bar-Yosef