Security cabinet

Smotrich, Netanyahu quarrel over law banning release of senior terrorists during exchange deals

The absence of such a law places "every Israeli citizen, at home and abroad, under a real threat of abduction," argued Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

|ByAVI SOLOMON
Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 16, 2026.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi attends a press briefing during an EU-Jordan summit in Amman, Jordan, January 8, 2026; illustrative.

Foreign ministers from Muslim, Arab countries denounce Israeli West Bank bill to expand control

A group of Arab and Muslim states condemned Israel’s latest Security Cabinet decisions on West Bank land policy, planning authority, and enforcement powers.

|ByJAMES GENN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 5, 2026

Netanyahu urged ‘cooling the arenas’ days before Oct. 7, classified summary shows

In one section, Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu instructed officials to promote a civilian arrangement with Hamas and expand the use of humanitarian tools as leverage over Hamas policy.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the Judean desert, in the West Bank, February 6, 2026.

Security Cabinet approves measures expanding Israeli control in West Bank

Newly approved measures will remove land-sale restrictions, expand enforcement in Areas A and B, and renew state-led land acquisition in the West Bank.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS

Israeli sanctions against the PA harsh but necessary -editorial

Israel’s response was just a matter of time and it came on Thursday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his new security cabinet for the first time in Tel Aviv.

JANUARY 8, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses PA officials in Ramallah.

Palestinian officials: Sanctions from Israel won't halt diplomatic, legal campaign

In the Gaza Strip, Hamas condemned the Israeli “punitive measures” as a “Zionist crime” against the rights of the Palestinians.

JANUARY 7, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters protest in solidarity with Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Radah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 6, 2023.

Israel to halt PA construction, withhold funds in response to UNGA vote

The Prime Minister's Office published information regarding the sanctions against the Palestinian Authority on Friday afternoon.

JANUARY 6, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at a security cabinet meeting on January 5, 2023

Security cabinet debates sanctioning PA

Move comes in response to Ramallah’s push for ICJ advisory opinion on Israeli ‘occupation’

JANUARY 5, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli security forces guard as Palestinians make their way through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Friday prayer of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, April 29, 2022.

Netanyahu promised four deputy ministers in his office, but law only allows two

Netanyahu held his government's first full work meeting on Tuesday morning and approved Avi Maoz's appointment as deputy minister.

JANUARY 3, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting on January 3, 2023

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns, two months after assuming office

Truss resigning marks new record low in time served in the position.

OCTOBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
BRITISH PRIME Minister Liz Truss speaks at the Conservative Party’s annual conference in Birmingham, last week. Inaction on Iran has been the UK government’s default mode, says the writer.

Gov't not forced to release ‘secret’ COVID-19 cabinet minutes - High Court

Can the Israeli government make even non-security cabinet meetings classified with unlimited discretion? That's the issue at hand.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the coronavirus cabinet on Friday, July 16, as number of new cases rise

Was it legal for Lapid, Gantz to start Gaza op. without convening cabinet? - analysis

Is the security cabinet required to approve any war or major operation which could lead to war?

AUGUST 10, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi visit the IDF Southern Command during Operation Breaking Dawn, August 7, 2022

Security Cabinet meets amid Hamas targeted killing talks

The Security Cabinet discussion is expected to be heated, where civilian benefits to Palestinians that the government had granted in recent months may be reduced.

MAY 8, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at his government's first security cabinet meeting, June 20, 2021.

Israeli forces under 'no restrictions' against Palestinian terrorists - Gantz

The IDF's involvement in stifling terror is "dictated only by the operational need," Defense Minister Benny Gantz said.

APRIL 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF arresting suspects in the West Bank suspected of connection with the terrorist who carried out the Tel Aviv terror attack, April 10, 2022.