Israel
Opposition to Netanyahu's coalition spreads to Mossad and Shin Bet

France, Middle East
Influence battle between Israel and Gulf nations plays out in Nice

Global Diwan, a French-Middle Eastern business club, has pushed back the date of its second annual forum in Nice, where the mayor, a long-standing friend of the Israeli consulting firm Elnet, has been outspoken in his support of Israel.

The Intelligence Gazette
Outcry over Ben Givr's national guard plan, civilian lands senior DRM post, Ukraine's SSSCIP finds new partners

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Tel Aviv to Paris, to Kyiv.

IsraelShin Bet opposes National Guard plan

FranceDRM appoints civilian as "platform" chief

UkraineInformation protection service sets up new partnerships

Middle East, United States
Washington counts on fledgling Negev Forum to drive Middle East security

Keen to see the establishment of a Middle East security organisation, the US is looking to the Negev Forum to fulfill that role, despite the scant progress it has made thus far.

Israel
Israeli intelligence mobilised in response to renewed violence

Worried Israeli senior security officials have warned Benjamin Netanyahu that the country's new far-right government's punitive response to Palestinian strikes may worsen the security situation.