The Ministry of National Security ( he, המשרד לביטחון לאומי, ar, وزارة الأمن القومي), formerly Ministry of Internal Security and Ministry of Public Security, is a government agency of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. It is the statewide law enforcement agency and oversees the

Israel Police The Israel Police ( he, משטרת ישראל, ''Mišteret Yisra'el''; ar, شرطة إسرائيل, ''Shurtat Isrāʼīl'') is the civilian police force of Israel. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fightin ...

, the

Israel Prison Service Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and the Israel National Fire and Rescue Services,

Israel Border Police The Israel Border Police ( he, מִשְׁמַר הַגְּבוּל, Mišmar Ha-Gvul) is the gendarmerie and border security branch of the Israel National Police. It is also commonly known by its Hebrew abbreviation Magav (), meaning border gua ...

, National Headquarters for the Protection of Children on the Internet, National Authority for Community Safety and The Authority for Witness Protection. The current Minister of National Security is

Itamar Ben-Gvir Itamar Ben-Gvir ( he, אִיתָמָר בֶּן גְּבִיר; born 6 May 1976) is an Israeli lawyer and politician, who serves as the Minister of National Security. He is additionally a member of the Knesset and leader of Otzma Yehudit. He h ...

List of ministers

The Minister of National Security ( he, שר לביטחון לאומי, ''Sar LeVitahon Leumi'') is the political head of the ministry. Until 1995 the position was known as Minister of Police ( he, שר המשטרה, ''Sar HaMishtara''). The first Minister of Police,

Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit ( he, בכור-שלום שטרית, 1895 – 28 January 1967) was an Israeli politician, minister and the only signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence to have been born in the country. He served as Minister o ...

, was a former policeman, and served in the position from Israeli independence in May 1948 until a month before his death in January 1967, serving in fourteen governments and making him the country's longest continually serving minister. The post was abolished after

Menachem Begin Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'' (); pl, Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ''Menakhem Volfovich Begin''; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. B ...

became

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

in 1977, but was reinstated in 1984 when

Shimon Peres Shimon Peres (; he, שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of ...

became PM. There is occasionally a Deputy Minister of Public Security. In December 2022, the position was renamed again from The Minister of Public Security ( he, שר לביטחון פנים, ''Sar LeVitahon Pnim'') to the Minister of National Security.

Deputy ministers

Agencies

Border Guard A border guard of a country is a national security agency that performs border security. Some of the national border guard agencies also perform coast guard (as in Federal Police (Germany), Germany, Guardia di Finanza, Italy or State Border Gua ...

Civil Guard Civil Guard refers to various policing organisations: Current * Civil Guard (Spain), Spanish gendarmerie * Civil Guard (Israel), Israeli volunteer police reserve * Civil Guard (Brazil), Municipal law enforcement corporations in Brazil Histori ...

* Firearm Licensing Department * Former Israel Anti-Drug & Alcohol Authority (Now called The National Authority for Community Safety) *

Israel Witness Protection Authority Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

* The Authority for Witness Protection * Urban enforcement system - urban policing * The National Headquarters for the Protection of Children on the Internet *

National Guard National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. Nat ...

Israel Fire and Rescue Services The Israel Fire and Rescue Services (Hebrew: כבאות והצלה לישראל, ''Kaba'ut VeHatzala Le'Israel''; also שירותי כבאות להצלה, ''Sherutei Kaba'ut VeHatzala'') is the national Israeli fire and rescue organization. The ...

(transferred from

Ministry of Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

in 2011) *

* Police & Prison Service Personnel Ombudsman * City Without Violence * Metzila Community and Crime Prevention Division

References

External links

Official website

Official website

All Ministers in the Ministry of Police (Internal Security)
Knesset website

Public Security Public security or public safety is the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety and security of the public from significant danger, injury, or property damage. It is often conducted by a state government to ensure ...

*Ministry of Public Security

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