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.

Israel named former naval commander Eliyahu Sharvit as the new head of the country’s domestic-intelligence agency after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed his predecessor over a series of disputes.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named a new chief to take over Israel's domestic intelligence agency, his office said on Monday, after a bitter standoff with the current head who has been leading a corruption investigation against Netanyahu aides.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was abruptly summoned from his corruption trial to provide testimony in a separate case Monday afternoon after at least one of his aides was arrested amid mounting allegations of financial ties between Netanyahu’s office and Qatar,

Benjamin Netanyahu testified to police after two men were arrested over alleged payments from the Gulf Arab state.

Two close associates of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been remanded in custody for three days, following their arrest on Monday by Israeli police in connection with an investigation into suspected unlawful ties between the senior aides and Qatar,