Baharav-Miara is mainly concerned that Netanyahu would pick an unqualified loyalist who might politicize the Shin Bet, as ...

Netanyahu had named Navy commander Vice Adm. (res.) Eli Sharvit as his pick to help the country’s Shin Bet security service, though rumors quickly swirled that the PM was considering ...

(res.) Eli Sharvit as the next head of the Shin Bet instead of Ronen Bar, whom the cabinet voted to dismiss earlier this month, the Prime Minister’s Office announced Monday morning. Bar has not ...

Eli Sharvit was a controversial choice after Israel’s prime minister fired his predecessor. Revelations that he wrote a column criticizing President Trump may have helped sink his chances.

Eli Sharvit has criticized Netanyahu in the past, and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham called the vice admiral out for an opinion piece opposing Trump's climate policy. JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime ...

(res.) Eli Sharvit as the new director of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), less than 24 hours after announcing the nomination. Netanyahu thanked Sharvit for his readiness to take on the role ...

Netanyahu’s office said on Tuesday that the prime minister was withdrawing the nomination a day after he proposed Vice Admiral Eli Sharvit as the next chief of the domestic security service Shin ...

The nominee, Vice-Admiral Eli Sharvit, has criticized President Trump’s policies as “short sighted.” Early Monday, many Israelis were surprised when the premier announced that his candidate to head ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) hurled rare criticism against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for tapping a critic of President Trump to helm one of the Jewish state’s top three spy agencies.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decides to appoint former Navy commander Vice Adm. (res.) Eli Sharvit as the next head of the Shin Bet, the Prime Minister’s Office announces. Sharvit is named ...