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Analysis

Gaza-Sinai Border Looms as Hostage Deal’s Top Strategic Issue

By Canaan Lidor

"If Israelis don’t control it, they don’t control Gaza,” Middle East analyst Daniel Pipes says of the Philadelphi Corridor.

Photo of the Day

Syrian Border

By Photo of the Day

Israeli soldiers working on the border fence with Syria, northern Israel.

Government / Business and Economy / Ukraine

Fearing Shortages Due to Ukraine War, Israel Prioritizes Grain, Fodder Shipments

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel faces challenges to its food security due to the “worrying developments” in Eastern Europe, says Israeli Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli.

IDF & Security / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Israeli Communities Near Jerusalem Security Barrier to Receive ‘High-Risk’ Status

By Efrat Forsher

The decision is also likely to facilitate a favorable government vote on the issue of security jurisdiction, currently in limbo over a dispute between the IDF and the Border Police.

IDF & Security / Syria

Syrians on the Fence: IDF Tracks Armed Syrian Soldiers Approaching on Mount Hermon

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF soldiers tracked the armed Syrian soldiers as they approached the border without prior coordination with the UN.

Israel / Syria / The Courts

Israeli Court Sentences Woman Who Entered Syria to Eight Months in Prison

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

In February, Syrian authorities took the 25-year-old to a detention center in Damascus and questioned her for 16 days.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Lebanon / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Lebanon Looks to Expand Maritime Claims in Border Dispute with Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“We will not give up any inch of our homeland or a drop of its waters or an inch of its dignity,” says Lebanese minister.

IDF & Security / Syria / The Courts

Israeli Woman Returned from Syria Faces Charges in Court

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Israel reportedly paid Russia $1 million for the purchase of Russian-developed Sputnik V Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines for Syria in exchange for the woman.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Lebanon / Hezbollah

IDF Scales Back Alert Level on Northern Border with Lebanon

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The last time it was at this high level of preparedness was during the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006.

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs

IDF Forces Shot at on Syrian Border; No Injuries

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

IDF forces returned fire towards the source of the gunfire in Syria.

Video of the Day

A Merkava IV Tank Defends the Border

By Video of the Day

The tank fired smoke rounds at Gazans infiltrating through the fence they destroyed.

The Jay Shapiro Show

A Really Big Week - The Jay Shapiro Show

By Israel News Talk Radio

A momentous occasion tempered by the mini-war in Gaza.

Featured / IDF & Security / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Lebanese Man Caught Infiltrating into Israel (Again)

By Jewish Press News Desk

The man was sent by Hezbollah, who were apparently impressed by his successful infiltration last year.

Featured / IDF & Security / Lebanon / Hezbollah / United Nations (UN)

UNIFIL Confirms Israel Building Security Wall on Its Side of Lebanon Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

Lebanon and Hezbollah don't want to be blocked by an Israeli security wall, and claim land south of the Blue Line is Lebanese territory.

Israel / Syria / Iran / Lebanon

Report: Senior Iranian Cleric Ebrahim Raisi Visited Lebanon-Israel Border

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Ebrahim Raisi is a hardline Iranian cleric who is considered to be in the running to replace Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Snipers Slated To Defend Israel’s Borders Against Rabies

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel’s northern region has been hit with an unprecedented rabies epidemic in recent months.

IDF & Security / Gaza / News Briefs

IDF Shoots Infiltrator from Gaza

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two Gazans were seen crossing over the border fence into Israel.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Rocket Alert - Gaza Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

A rocket alert has gone off in the Eshkol region along the Gaza border at 11:21 AM - False alarm.

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Armored Troops, Border Guards, Furious at Amona Assignment: We Didn't Enlist to Evict Jews

By JNi.Media

'The government of Israel should know that they are hurting us, hurting our future, and scarring us horribly for the rest of our lives.'

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / ISIS

Exclusive Report on Israeli-Syrian Border: Islamic State’s West Syrian Branch Attack on IDF

By Yochanan Visser

The Islamist coalition is far from defeated and could pose a long-term danger to Israel.

Photo of the Day

Along the Syrian Border

By Photo of the Day

Israeli tanks and patrol vehicles protecting the border with Syria on the Golan Heights.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Elbit's GroundEye Blocks Border Infiltration

By JNi.Media

The GroundEye system displays a panoramic picture, gathering data from multiple sensors, to locate suspicious movements near the border -- cheaper and better than a wall.

The Lid with Jeff Dunetz

South American Illegal Immigrants Rushing To Cross Border Before Election Day

By Jeff Dunetz

Apparently the illegals trespassers believe that Hillary Clinton is going to win the election and they want to make sure they are in the U.S. early enough to be granted amnesty by Clinton.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

IDF Bulldozers Level Land Along Southern Gaza Strip Border in Search of Tunnels

By JNi.Media

Arabs who work near the buffer zone on occasion attempt to attack, even fire on the machinery and are repelled with fire.

Israel / Gaza / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Gazan Rocket Hits Sderot, IDF Retaliates in Minutes

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rocket alerts went off near the Gaza border and Sderot at around 2:25PM on Sunday.

Analysis

Patchy and Selective BBC News Reporting of Gaza Border Incidents

By Hadar Sela

Using its standard ‘Israel says’ formula, the BBC gave misleading and unfair coverage to the recent Palestinian initiated confrontations.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Rocket Alert Near Gaza Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

An hour earlier Hamas launched 2 test rockets into the sea.

Photo of the Day

If Egypt Can Destroy Gaza's Tunnels...

By Photo of the Day

If we're already being creative, here's another thought...

Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

Updates from Kuneitra, Syria

By Shalom Bear

With new neighbors along our Syrian border, we thought we'd check out what they're saying and what's going on...

IDF & Security / Gaza / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Escape or Infiltration Attempt from Gaza?

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF soldiers fired in the air Wednesday to foil an infiltration of unidentified Arabs from northern Gaza.

Israel / Lebanon

Lebanese Car Crashes into Israel Border Fence

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Saturday night, a Lebanese car ran into the crash/infiltration barrier separating the border between Lebanon and Israel...

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Gazan Rockets Pound Israeli Communities Over the Holiday

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

At least ten rockets were fired by Gaza terrorists at Israeli civilian targets over the holiday.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Lebanon

IDF Confirms: Soldier Killed from Lebanon Gunfire

By Jewish Press News Desk

Following the second shooting attack from Lebanon in 3 days, an IDF soldier was killed by gunfire from Lebanon.

Op-Eds

After the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Is Hamas in Gaza Next in Line?

By Col. Dr. Jacques Neriah

Egypt has finally decided to tackle the security threat from the Sinai Peninsula.

Khaled Abu Toameh

Hamas Threatens Egypt, Israel and Palestinian Authority

By Khaled Abu Toameh

If Hamas believes Egypt wants to topple their regime, they would never dare initiate war against the Egyptian army, but firing rockets at Israel is cheap and easy.

Israel / News Briefs

No Illegal Infiltrators into Israel in August

By Jewish Press News Desk

In August no illegal infiltrators from Sudan and Eritrea crossed the border from Egypt into Israel. In addition, 168 illegal infiltrators agreed to leave Israel on their own volition.

News Briefs

Report: Israeli, US, Jordanian Commandos Operating in Syria

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

American, Israeli and Jordanian commandos are currently deployed on the ground in Syria, training and operating alongside the rebels trying to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the French daily Le Figaro reported on Saturday. The report has not been corroborated by any official American, Israeli or Jordanian source. The newspaper said that according to its […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Lebanon Nabs Israeli Who Jumped over Border Fence

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF has confirmed reports that Lebanese soldiers caught an Israeli citizen who jumped over the border fence near Rosh HaNikra, on the northeast Mediterranean Coast. His identity has not been released, and it is not known if he is Jewish or an Arab, nor are there any clues regarding his motives. Israeli army officials […]

This Ongoing War

In Sinai, Egyptian Police on Strike

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

Lawlessness in the Sinai is growing and the danger of terrorists taking control is huge.

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Islamists

Misogy-text: Saudi Men Get SMS When Women Leave the Country

By Malkah Fleisher

A new electronic tracking system sends SMS messages to the male guardians of Saudi Arabian women who attempt to cross the border, according to a report in Al-Arabiya.

Israel / News Briefs

Syrian Gunfire on the Golan

By Jewish Press News Desk

For the second time today, gunfire from Syria crossed the border into Israel on the Golan Heights. An IDF vehicle was nearly hit. No injuries were reported.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Hamas Deploys (Unarmed) Police Along Israeli Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas has begun deploying unarmed policemen along the Israeli border with Gaza. The initial deployment began east of Khan Yunis, where on Friday, the IDF killed one and wounded around a dozen Gazans who tried to breach the security fence. The mission of the Hamas policemen is to keep Gazan citizens away from the border with Israel, and […]

Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Text of Ceasefire Agreement

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

"Israel shall stop all hostilities in the Gaza Strip land sea and air, including incursions and targeting of individuals."

News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

8:25 PM Gaza Update

By Steve

8:21 PM IDF Spokesman confirms, Defense Minister green lights calling up 30,000 reservists. 8:19 PM Direct hit on house in Be'er Sheva. No injuries reported. 8:16 PM 5 rockets shots down by Iron Dome system over Be'er Sheva. 8:14 PM Rockets landing near Kiryat Melachi during funeral of Mira Sharf HY"D and Aaron Semadje HY"D. 8:10 PM Explosions over Ashkelon. […]

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

South Koreans Visit Israel to Help Their Own

By Moshe Herman

Yishai broadcasts from the offices of Nefesh B’Nefesh to talk about the visit of representatives from South Korea in order to gain knowledge regarding absorbing and matriculating large amounts of immigrants. Thousands of North Korean refugees have snuck across the border into South Korea and in order to assist, the South Koreans have looked towards Israel for guidance.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

PM, Israeli Officials Respond to Gaza Attacks

By Malkah Fleisher

At the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said terrorists would be “hit hard” in response to attacks on Israeli soldiers on civilians over the weekend. “The world needs to understand that Israel won’t just sit by… we’re ready to heighten our response,” Netanyahu said. “The IDF is acting, and will act, with force in Gaza.”

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Thousands of Syrian Refugees Pour Into Turkey

By Malkah Fleisher

Thousands of Syrian refugees poured across the border into Turkey on Friday after heavy fighting between Syrian opposition and loyalists to President Bashar Assad led to the deaths of 46 people in two days in the northeast and 68 throughout the rest of the country, including 47 civilians.

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Syrians Shoot IDF Jeep

By Jewish Press News Desk

Ynet reports that an IDF patrol jeep was hit by Syrian gunfire. The incident happened at 8:30 pm on Monday, when the Golani jeep, on routine patrol along the border came under fire. It is believed the shooting were caused by stray bullets from the fighting between the Syrian factions. No IDF soldiers were hurt […]

This Ongoing War

Sinai Spinning out of Cairo's Grip, Creating Major Headaches for Israel

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

Recently, we wrote here about the great landmass on Israel's southwestern border that "given its physical proximity to Israel, Sinai is not only an Egyptian challenge. That it gets such a small degree of media attention is a puzzle." Since then, there has been a new set of Sinai developments to absorb

News Briefs

IDF Prepares to Absorb Syrian Refugees

By Jewish Press News Desk

IBA News reports that the IDF, in coordination with the UN, has prepared territories on the Golan along the Syrian border to absorb potential Syrian refugees. While the goal of the IDF is to prevent any Syrians from crossing the border, they recognize that some refugees might still spill over as internecine fighting expands near […]

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

IDF Evacuates Visitors to Upper Hermon Due to Approach of Armed Syrians

By Malkah Fleisher

A group of visitors to Mount Hermon in Israel’s north were evacuated on Wednesday when a group of armed Syrians approached the border.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

IDF Chief: Israel-Egypt Border Will Continue to be Security Problem

By Malkah Fleisher

Following the death of Cpl. Netanel Yahalomi in a gunbattle on the Israel-Egypt border on Friday, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz warned that the perimeter would continue to be a security problem for Israel.

News Briefs

The RCP Lauds Romney for his Common Sense Remarks

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Rabbinical Congress for Peace which comprises over 350 of the most prominent rabbis in Israel have sent a message to Governor Mitt Romney lauding him for his common sense remarks made in a released video last week. The rabbis wrote to Mr. Romney that his remarks reflect the Torah view as delineated in the […]

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Despite Border Tensions, Israel Hospitals Treating Gaza Children

By Malkah Fleisher

Despite continued tension on the southwestern border, four Gaza children are receiving medical treatment in northern Israel. The children are all nephrology patients suffering from kidney insufficiency, and have been hospitalized for the last several months at the Children’s Hospital at Rambam Health Care Campus awaiting transplants.

Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Romney Doubts the Wisdom of Establishing a Palestinian State

By Daniel Tauber

In a candid video at a fundraiser earlier this year, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney doubts the logic of establishing a Palestinian state. state would remain demilitarized.

Israel / News Briefs / Egypt

African Migrants Stuck at Egypt-Israel Border

By JTA

A group of some 20 African migrants is trapped between Israel's border fence with Egypt and Israeli soldiers who have been ordered not to let them in.

This Ongoing War

About that major Egyptian armed offensive against Sinai terrorists: it's been called off

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

According to the Egyptian newspaper, Al-Masry Al-Youm, due to negotiations between Egypt and jihadists groups, "Operation Eagle" has been halted, at least temporarily.

Analysis

Critical Days with Egypt – On Eroding Force Limits

By Dr. Aaron Lerner

For years the Egyptians have been trying to erode the Sinai force restrictions set in the peace treaty they signed with Israel. Force restrictions that were a necessary condition for Israel agreeing to restore the Sinai to Egyptian control. The Egyptians see the force restrictions as impinging on their sovereignty. Israel always considered the force restrictions as critical for the Jewish State’s national security.

News Briefs

Beit Shean On Alert

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Wednesday evening, there were reports of an attempted cross-border infiltration into Israel from Jordan. The attempt happened near Beit Shean. Some security forces in the area are remaining on high alert. Police are saying everything is normal.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Islamic Terror Groups Raise Stakes In Sinai

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Iranian-trained Islamic terrorists, who on Sunday fired their way through a border crossing along the Gaza-Egyptian-Israeli frontier with a commandeered explosives-laden Egyptian armored carrier, were heading toward Kibbutz Kerem Shalom, Israeli military sources said. That was when Israeli Bedouin border soldiers and an Israel Air Force drone attacked the vehicle and killed the terrorists.

Rubin Reports

The Meaning of the Egypt-Israel Cross-Border Attack

By Barry Rubin

You will be reading a lot of accounts of this event mostly saying the same things. But what’s really important?

Rubin Reports

Who’s Really Isolated? He Who Misunderstands Middle East Realities

By Barry Rubin

Israel’s “friends” abroad simply can’t seem to get out of their minds the idea that the country faces such terrible threats that it must make big concessions and beg for peace with the Palestinians on just about any terms, or try to appease hostile surrounding countries in order to stave off their wrath.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Egyptian Military Pledges to Hunt Down 'Infidels' After Sinai Border Attack

By Solomon Burke

Egypt deploys helicopter gunships to the Sinai peninsula after President Mohamed Mursi directed the military to take “complete control” of the Sinai. Israel Defense Minister Ehud barak: "I hope that this will be a wakeup call for Egypt regarding the necessity to be sharp and efficient on their side."

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Investigates: How Did Terrorists Manage to Drive 2 Kilometers Into Israel? (Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF is currently investigating how the terrorists in Sunday's’ attack managed to drive one of their commandeered armored vehicle 2 kilometers into Israel until the IAF blew it up. In the strike, six terrorists, armed with suicide belts, were killed, while an additional two, who tried to escape on foot, were shot by IDF […]

A Soldier's Mother

With Clarity Comes Propaganda

By A Soldier's Mother

According to the Israeli government, the quick actions last night of Israel's soldiers prevented a greater tragedy from happening. According to those who support the Palestinians cause...well, they're stuck. They have to lie because they can't possibly work with the truth. So, here's how it goes, according to the twisted logic of the other side.

Israel / News Briefs

Dramatic Drop in Infiltrators

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Ministry of the Interior reports a dramatic drop in the number of illegal infiltrators crossing into Israel from the Sinai.

Analysis

Israel Preparing for al-Qaeda on its Borders

By Yaakov Lappin

The past decade has shown that the al-Qaeda network thrives in failed states, setting down roots in areas where central governments no longer exercise a clear monopoly of arms or jurisdiction. From Pakistan to Iraq to Mali, adherents of the global jihadi movement are seeking a safe haven to set up training camps, plot terror attacks, and spread their fundamentalist ideology.

News Briefs

IDF Kills Gaza Terrorist

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Friday, an armed terrorist inside Gaza fired on Israeli troops at the border fence. IDF soldiers shot back, killing the terrorist. No Israeli troops were injured.  

This Ongoing War

Why Don't We Hear About Gaza Terrorists' Routine Misfiring, Killing of their Own?

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

How often do Gaza's Palestinian Arab terrorists end up hitting their parents, children, spouses or neighbors? Do you see these self-inflicted losses reported in the news media that serve your community? Keep the question in mind the next time you hear of injuries or deaths in Gaza along with Israeli denials of involvement.

IDF & Security

IDF Develops Tunnel Detection Technology; Expert: Retaking Philadelphi Corridor Now an Option

By Solomon Burke

The system, dubbed “Strong Number”, has been developed under the aegis of the IDF Ground Forces Technology Division, and has been successfully tested by the IDF near the Gaza border over the last few months. The technology would allow Israel to counter the smuggling operations on the narrow strip of land situated along the border between Gaza Strip and Egypt. Dr. Aaron Lerner: "This means a dramatic shift in the equation."

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Tension Along The Sinai Border

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – After terror groups operating from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula launched Grad missiles into the Southern Negev’s Mitzpeh Ramon and Uvda regions last weekend and murdered an Israeli Arab construction worker from Haifa on Monday, Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak took the unusual step of ordering IDF tank units to deploy along portions of Israel’s southern border with Egypt.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Four 'Iron Domes' Positioned Near Border, IDF Attacks in Gaza

By Jewish Press Staff

Following the incessant rocket firing on civilian centers in southern Israel, four Iron Dome batteries were positioned overnight alongside the Gaza strip border. The cities of Beer Sheva, Ashkelon and Ashdod are now better protected. Four Border Guard policemen were injured Tuesday from a Grad hit.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Opens Road, Lifts Restrictions After Deadly Attack

By Malkah Fleisher

The IDF has re-opened roads and lifted an order for residents to remain in their homes following a deadly attack killing one Israeli along the Israel-Egypt border.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Israeli, 2 Terrorists, Killed in Exchange of Fire on Israel's Egyptian Border

By Jewish Press Staff

Terrorist infiltrated from Egypt and opened fire with guns, explosives and an RPG against Israeli contractors working on the border fence. 1 Israeli and 2 terrorists were killed in the ensuing gunfight. Communities in the South were in lockdown for 5 hours.

News Briefs

Iranian Assassins Targeted U.S., Israeli, Saudi Diplomats

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran has used operatives in assassination attempts on Israeli and American diplomats in seven countries over a period of 13 months, the Washington Post reported. Last November, the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan received a message that then Ambassador Matthew Bryza was the target of a plot to kill Americans, along with other embassy officials. U.S. […]

News Briefs

Netanyahu: Israel Will Resolve African Illegal Aliens Situation

By JTA

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday decried violence against African migrants following a night of violent protest and promised the problem of African infiltrators would be solved. "There is no place for either the expressions or the actions that we witnessed last night," said Netanyahu one day after a demonstration in south Tel Aviv […]

Israel / News Briefs

Mount of Olives Community Suffers Big Jerusalem Day Attack

By Malkah Fleisher

A Jerusalem Day attack on a family of Jews driving near the community of Maale HaZeitim in the Arab Ras al Amoud neighborhood has increased tension between Jews and Muslims in the region, amid intensified demands from Jewish residents that Jerusalem police forces crack down on threats to security.

Israel / US / News Briefs

Israelis To Coast Through US Security - and Vice Versa

By Malkah Fleisher

Frequent travelers to the US from Israel – and vice versa - will soon have a smoother time making the landing, thanks to Israel’s entry into the US Global Entry Program.

News Briefs

Israeli Army Balloon Crashes Near Gaza Strip

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported that an Israeli military surveillance zeppelin crashed near the Gaza Strip after a civilian crop duster struck its cable. The balloon, used for observing Gaza from above, crashed Friday on Israel's side of the border. There were no reports of injury after the incident. In January, an unmanned aerial […]

News Briefs

Israel Constructing Security Barrier on Lebanese Border

By JTA

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel began building a security wall along its border with Lebanon. The work, which began Monday and is expected to last several weeks, is being carried out with the coordination of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, and the Lebanese army, according to reports. Its purpose, the Israel Defense Forces […]

Analysis / Khaled Abu Toameh

Khaled Abu Toameh: Why Is Jordan Keeping Out Palestinian Refugees?

By Khaled Abu Toameh

More than 1,000 Palestinians who fled the violence in Syria and were hoping to find temporary shelter in Jordan, have been stranded along the border between Syria and Jordan for the past few weeks. The Jordanian authorities have thus far refused to allow them into the kingdom.

Analysis

Defending Fences: Israel's Security Barrier Saves Lives

By Jerrold L. Sobel

From time immemorial, security fences have been built around the world - often in disputed territories to disrupt terrorists, drug smugglers, and illegal immigrants from entering. No doubt, these fences often cause difficulties for native populations in the vicinities they are built. Yet it is only Israel's barrier that arouses the conscience of sanctimonious hypocrites around the world.

News Briefs

One Dead in Thwarted Infiltration Attempt on Israel–Egypt Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF Spokesperson's Office reports that IDF soldiers patrolling along the Israel-Egypt border Thursday night identified a group of suspects who had infiltrated into Israel. The soldiers called on the suspects to stop, and when they failed to comply, the soldiers acted in accordance with the Army's rules of engagement. Simultaneously, shots were fired from […]

News Briefs

IDF Thwarts Major Terror Attack on Israel-Egypt Border

By Jewish Press Staff

The IDF and Israel Police uncovered a powerful explosive device overnight while on an anti-smuggling operation. According to the IDF Spokesperson, "Israeli forces that were trying to stop smugglers saw a man throw a suspicious bag and flee the scene. After an examination...it was determined that the bag contained a powerful explosive device. The device […]

Middle East / Levant

IDF Prepares For Anarchy Along Syrian Border

By Steve K. Walz

The IDF has made contingency plans to deal with what may be large numbers of desperate Syrian citizens attempting to rush the border in order to seek refuge or attack Jewish and Druze communities in the area.

J.E. Dyer

Syria, Russia: It All Looks Different From Out There

By J. E. Dyer

Robert Mackey at New York Times’ The Lede has a Friday post entitled “Crisis in Syria Looks Very Different on Satellite Channels Owned by Russia and Iran.” Well, no kidding.  It’s nice to see NYT catching up with the rest of the infosphere.  But it’s not just in Russian and Iranian media that the crisis […]

Moshe Feiglin

United We Stand

By Moshe Feiglin

If the recent pictures of destroyed outposts had been of Bedouin villages or illegal houses in the Galilee, the whole country would have been up in arms.

News Briefs

Palestinians Rejected Israel's Outline for Borders and Security in Amman Talks

By Jewish Press Staff

Palestinian sources claimed that the Israeli principles presented would destroy any chance for a two-state solution.

News Briefs

Terrorist Attack Thwarted at Kalandiya Security Checkpoint

By Jewish Press Staff

Palestinian man wielding an axe attacks border guards.

Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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