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By Yoni Weiss
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Incoming police chief Kobi Shabtai. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
The Public Service Nominations Committee on Wednesday approved the appointments of Border Police Commander Maj. Gen. Kobi Shabtai as Israel’s next police chief, and of Maj. Gen. Katy Perry as the next Israel Prisons Service commissioner.
A statement from the committee found there were no “deficiencies” in the candidates’ “integrity,” nor in Public Security Minister Amir Ohana’s decision to nominate them.
The appointments are pending a Cabinet vote but both are expected to go through.
Israel is leveling up to join the race for quantum proficiency as leading countries, including in the European Union, seek.
Also on Tuesday, Public Security Minister Amir Ohana tapped Border Police Commander Maj. Gen. Yaakov Shabtai as the next Israel Police commissioner. Shabtai, 56, has been at the helm of the Border Police for four years and was not considered a front runner for the position.
Following the announcement, Acting Police Commissioner Motti Cohen announced his retirement from the force.
In an open letter to the Israel Police, Cohen said “outside influences” had prevented the appointment of a police chief for the past 18 months Ohana appointed one only after being ordered to do so by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and added that during his term, he had had to deal with “attempts to intervene in the work of the Israel Police. Intervention that has no place in the organization and that I did not allow.” Cohen further noted that “there are many senior off
Netanyahu taps deputy Mossad director as spy agency’s next chief
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Border Police Commander Maj. Gen. Yaakov Shabtai nominated as police chief, Maj. Gen. Katy Perry to head Israel Prisons Service.
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Mossad director Yossi Cohen speaks at a Cyber Week at Tel Aviv University on June 24, 2019. Photo by Flash90.
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(December 16, 2020 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday announced his selection of the next head of the country’s Mossad intelligence agency, a deputy chief of the agency referred to only as “D.”
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