Amir Oren

The IDF was warned three years ago of a problem with additions to anti-tank mines of the sort that killed Cpl. Roie Yisrael Alfi, say Combat Engineering Corps officers.

There is no realistic way to prevent a man who has no criminal record − certainly not a former Border Police officer who once patrolled with the Palestinian Police − from getting up one fine morning and deciding to go crazy and set out on a killing spree.

Watch the great derby of Yisrael Beiteinu in court: Ayalon, the former deputy whose charms ran out vs. Lieberman, the former minister who stumbled, according to the indictment.

In testifying 'against' former FM Avigdor Lieberman, ex-ambassador to Belarus Ze’ev Ben Aryeh describes a spy tale in which nothing is really what it seems.

We must not accept the argument that Zygier's suicide simply couldn't be prevented - and that no warden or mental health professional will be held accountable for failing to act on the ample warning signs.

For now, Lieberman is under stress. The strategy of lowering the flames during his trial in order to get off easy is about to collapse.

Police disclosed the basic details of the probe only on Tuesday, fearing that unsubstantiated connections might be made to the fraud case against the former foreign minister.

The Iranian nuclear issue will be front and center in Hagel's defense-related meetings, along with the changing situation in Syria, and arms sales.

American law enforcement scored a great success by not only capturing the Tsarnaev Brothers, but managing to catch one of the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing alive.

A year after the Six-Day War, U.S. officials enacted a complex role-playing scenario that envisioned the next Arab-Israeli war. As it played itself out, the game anticipated key aspects of the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War.

Government ministers will soon consider handing over many of the army's civil defense duties to the police, but politics will determine if and how the reform plays out.

U.S. Defense Secretary also to visit Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE; on the agenda - Syria, Iran and closer regional cooperation.

Was the tragedy criminal or security-related? A terror attack or an ordinary crime? These are new questions for Americans.

What tipped the balance against preemptive action on Yom Kippur in 1973 was not military information, but rather diplomatic, political and strategic considerations, recently declassified documents suggest.

Document shows that the IDF, especially the Air Force, thought the cabinet would agree to a preemptive strike. But Defense Minister Dayan was against this option unless both intelligence assessments and troop movements warranted it.

'Yicha,' as he was called, was head of the IDF's weapons research and development program; a memoir he published during retirement had him convicted of handing over of secret information without authorization.

The Australian foreign ministry investigation confirms Ben Zygier was facing a 20-year prison sentence for a security-related crime and criticizes the Australian government's handling of the case.

New documents shed light on the decision-making during the vital chapter of the first Lebanon war − in particular the slaughter at the Palestinian Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in September 1982.

The newly released Sabra and Shatila papers tell us nothing new about the military aspect, but do shed a cold light on then-defense minister, Ariel Sharon.

Israel has released information on the death of Prisoner X, but it's a pathologist's report, not a psychologist's report.

A thorough investigation would have had to disqualify someone with Zygier's personality for service in the Mossad. But when a prospect's cultural identity is made more important than the person, the acceptance bar is lowered.

This story is not about Ben Zygier's double identity, it's about how Israel's most sensitive government agencies are not functioning. If indeed the reports are correct, the State of Israel still doesn't control the basics.

According to ABC investigation, the Australian national was recruited by the Mossad. At some point he was incarcerated in the most secure cell in Israel, and, despite being under constant observation, committed suicide.

If Ehud Barak's blatant violation of Israel’s vow of silence - committed when he essentially confirmed Israel's responsibility for the strike in Syria last week- brings no response, then there remains no justification for the existence of the military censor.

According to a CIA report, Israeli intelligence downplayed the risk of an Egyptian attack in 1973 for fear that the U.S. would push Israel toward peace talks.