13 Facts About Roni Alsheikh

Roni Alsheikh is an Israeli former intelligence officer and head of the Israel Police.

Roni Alsheikh's father, Avraham Alsheikh, was a Yemenite-Jewish immigrant who came to Israel as part of Operation Magic Carpet, and his mother, Ahuva Amar, was born in Jerusalem to a family of Moroccan-Jewish origin.

Roni Alsheikh lived in Jerusalem until age 8, when his family moved to Kiryat Arba, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

Roni Alsheikh attended a religious high school and graduated at age 16.

Roni Alsheikh was conscripted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1981 and joined the Paratroopers Brigade.

Roni Alsheikh went on the serve as a commander of the brigade's Engineer Company and as deputy-commander of the 50th battalion of the Nahal Brigade.

Roni Alsheikh fought in the 1982 Lebanon War, and participated in Operation Law and Order in 1988.

Roni Alsheikh left the Israel Defense Forces in 1988 with the rank of Rav Seren.

Roni Alsheikh studied for a master's degree in criminology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and graduated from a senior management program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Roni Alsheikh studied at the Mercaz HaRav Kook, a prominent yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Roni Alsheikh joined the Shin Bet in December 1988, and was appointed deputy director in September 2014.

Roni Alsheikh is implicated in starting an illegal surveillance program in the Israeli police and using undemocratic and illegal surveillance software to break into civilians phones and extracting information without the authorization of judges and without proper legislation.

Roni Alsheikh is the father of seven children, and is a grandfather.