Netanyahu Allegedly Consolidates Control Over Israeli Military, Security Apparatus
According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, in the closing months of 2025, the political and security landscape of occupied Palestine has witnessed significant shifts.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the Zionist regime, has made three pivotal appointments in recent months, filling top positions: the head of the internal intelligence organization (Shin Bet), the head of foreign intelligence (Mossad), and the commander of the army.
These appointments come as Israel grapples with the repercussions of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm and escalating tensions over the formation of a fact-finding committee. Media reports indicate that Netanyahu’s primary goal is to centralize security decision-making under his control and foster seamless coordination between military and security institutions under the Prime Minister’s office. This would ostensibly allow him to weather the storms of “security failure against Hamas,” the “QatarGate scandal,” and “quadruple corruption cases.”
According to a Reuters report from September 30, 2025, the Zionist regime, on Netanyahu’s recommendation, approved the appointment of “Major General David Zini” as head of the internal security organization (Shin Bet). Zini, a military man with a background in ground forces training, replaces “Ronen Bar,” marking the beginning of a new conflict between the Prime Minister and the Israeli judicial and security establishment.
The Supreme Court declared the dismissal of the previous head unlawful, but Netanyahu used his cabinet authority to affirm the decision. Israeli security experts, including former heads of Shin Bet, have warned that bringing an outsider into the top post could undermine the institutional independence of Shin Bet and reduce the organization’s professional function to a political level. With Zini’s appointment, Netanyahu took the first step in blurring the lines between security and politics, a move that many Israeli analysts view as a direct response to widespread criticism of his performance in the Gaza conflict.
The third link in the chain of security changes is the appointment of “General Ayal Zamir” as head of the Israeli army’s general staff, which took place in the summer of 2025. Zamir is considered a trusted figure in the Likud party and a long-time associate of Katz-Netanyahu in government war meetings.
The appointment resulted in the main pillars of the regime’s power structure being directly led by the Prime Minister for the first time in its history. Some Israeli analysts, including “Amos Yadlin,” former head of military intelligence, have warned that such concentration weakens the oversight system in the country and carries the risk of “politicization of information and military decisions.”
Traditionally, an independent special committee is tasked with reviewing the qualifications of high-ranking security candidates to prevent political influence. However, in the recent appointments, this committee has only provided final approval, losing its supervisory role. This trend reflects the Netanyahu government’s desire to unify military institutions in line with his political will, an approach that, while potentially efficient in the short term, threatens Israel’s institutional and professional order in the long term.
The appointment of “Roman Gafman” as head of the foreign intelligence organization Mossad, announced by the Prime Minister’s office on December 4, 2025, is reportedly the “final curtain” in this process of power concentration. According to a report in the Times of Israel, Gafman, a senior military officer and Netanyahu’s personal military advisor, has no background in intelligence activities but is part of the Prime Minister’s inner circle. The Netanyahu government’s official explanation describes him as a “qualified, innovative officer with high leadership ability,” but critics, including a Haaretz analyst, have called his appointment a clear example of “rewarding political loyalty.”
According to a report by NDTV, Gafman previously studied at the “Elle” religious school in the West Bank, only speaks Russian, and has nationalist religious inclinations, which align with the political worldview of Netanyahu and his cabinet’s far-right faction. Usually, Mossad is introduced from among experienced intelligence officers in order to maintain the boundary between government decision and security operation; But this time, the appointment of a military person close to the Prime Minister’s office shows that Netanyahu intends to directly monitor even Israel’s most sensitive overseas missions.
Netanyahu’s three recent appointments are not merely administrative decisions but indicate a strategic shift in Israel’s power structure. After the security and political crises of 2023-2025, the Prime Minister realized that the only way to maintain his political position and contain internal pressures was to directly control the security pillars.
For this reason, he replaced professional and independent intelligence managers with close, loyal individuals with military backgrounds. This approach has transformed the Zionist regime’s security apparatus from a “multi-center” form to a “single power” structure, with the Prime Minister at its head. This concentration could have profound consequences for the future of Israel and the region: on the one hand, it could accelerate military decisions and increase intelligence coordination, and on the other hand, it could eliminate institutional independence and diversity of intelligence perspectives.
Domestically, this dangerous trend could turn the security system into a tool for maintaining the Prime Minister’s power in Israel. However, as Hebrew media have noted in their reports, Israel is on the verge of forming a structure that can be called a “person-centered security system,” in which the final decision no longer comes from within the security institutions, but is issued from the Prime Minister’s office.
