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Trump orders National Guard to Los Angeles, protesters throwing Molotov cocktails, rocks

The Pentagon is prepared to mobilize active duty Marines "if violence continues," US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A protester fires a firework during a standoff between police and protesters following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Los Angeles County city of Paramount, California, US, June 7, 2025.
THE ‘WITCHES of Bucha.’ Defending homes from Russian drones, the Bucha Volunteer Corps is part of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces. Many of its weapons date from World War II.

Armed with WWII weapons, Ukraine’s ‘Witches’ battle Russian drones

EUROPE AFFAIRS: The Jerusalem Post joins female volunteer soldiers outside Kyiv as they fight to keep their homeland safe.

|ByALEX WINSTON
NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER Itamar Ben-Gvir addresses his Otzma Yehudit faction in the Knesset earlier this month.

IDF says no to Ben-Gvir's National Guard, warns it could undermine military

The IDF warns that Itamar Ben-Gvir's National Guard can't be implemented during the Hamas war because it may undermine the army's ability to act.

|ByTAL SHALEV
Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir at a press conference with Israeli Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai (unseen) at the Ministry of National Security in Jerusalem, on January 24, 2023.

The new paradigm in the Middle East, is Israel losing focus? - opinion

The election of Ben Gvir to national office sends the wrong signal to Arab states who are willing to normalize relations.

|ByMOHAMED ALDHUHOORI

Will decision to block Jewish access to Temple Mount have political ramifications?

Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit silent on Netanyahu's closure of the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors

APRIL 13, 2023
Israeli security forces guard while Jews visit the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Passover holiday, April 10, 2023.

There cannot be an establishment of National Guard models, not under the authority 'Border Patrol'

Though the 'Civil Guard' was not established under the Israeli Police, the existing conditions require that it be done under the 'Border Patrol' and as part of the Israeli police.

APRIL 4, 2023
Yoel Zilberman, Founder and CEO, Hashomer Hachadash

How Ben-Gvir’s National Guard budget cuts will harm gov't initiatives - analysis

There is yet no indication of which specific programs will be impacted, but it will certainly have some effect as each industry decides how to handle the loss of funds.

APRIL 4, 2023
Illustrative photo of Israeli money