Yoram Halevi

Yoram Halevi was born in 1963 in Jerusalem

Yoram Halevi was born in 1963 in Jerusalem and grew up in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood. He came from a religious Zionist family with 8 children and attended Himmelfarb High School. He later earned degrees in political science and education.

He joined the IDF in 1981, volunteered for the Paratroopers Brigade and fought with Battalion 202 in the First Lebanon War. After his discharge he joined the police counterterrorism unit Yamam, where he became an officer. He was wounded in August 1989 while chasing an attacker.

He went on to command Border Police units, and in 2007 returned to lead Yamam. In 2009 he was promoted to major general and also took command of Lahav 433. He later headed the Community and Civil Guard Department, the Border Police, the Southern District from 2012 and the Jerusalem District from 2016.

After 2 police officers were killed on the Temple Mount in July 2017, he ordered the site closed to Muslim entry for the first time since 1967. He left the Jerusalem District in February 2019. In December 2023 he was named chairman of the National Road Safety Authority.

In January 2026 he was given the IDF rank of major general, and in February 2026 he replaced Ghassan Alian as Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. He lives in Har Gilo, is married and has 3 children. His son, also a Yamam officer, was killed near Tulkarm in the Swords of Iron War.