Azhar was killed during India's Operation Sindoor.
The captors used the foreign workers' passports to bypass the security checkpoints, for over a month.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"It's a big development. It's a lot of money going to be spent and we've already spent some, but we're going to spending a lot more."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Jewish grave marker dating to the 13th century is the oldest found in the South Asian country.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Before Oct. 7, more than 95,000 PA Arabs worked in Israel's building sector.
“Biden’s team holds grudges. It will never appreciate Israel for the ally it is,” said Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute.
The announcement came during a trilateral summit held in Nicosia.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Two Pakistani suspects were arrested.
Based in Hyderabad, HELA manufactures radar and electronic warfare systems, and installs and maintains acquisition and missile guidance radars, among other defense products and services.
Bnei Menashe believe they are descendants of the Lost Tribe of Menashe.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Obed Hrangchal could soon be representing the Jewish state in international competitions.
"This day is a “holiday for the city of Haifa, a holiday for the State of Israel, a holiday for India, a holiday for our relations with India and a holiday for the economy of the region and the economy of the world.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte also called Netanyahu to congratulate him on the formation of the new Israeli government.
The purchase is not related to the separate Chinese-operated Haifa Bayport Terminal across the bay, which has been a source of US concern.
IAI described its investment in ASI as a strong demonstration of its support for the Indian government’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’- MAKE IN INDIA vision.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The anniversary marks three decades of “a wonderful partnership, a deep cultural connection, military and economic cooperation,” says Israeli Prime MInister Naftali Bennett.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“[They] are more advanced than the ones in the inventory of the force, including their anti-jamming capability,” according to Indian media.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
According to India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry, trade between the countries was $4.67 billion by the end of the last fiscal year.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The partnership will help set up joint initiatives for the production, marketing, sale, adaption and support of tactical radars.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The country is facing a skyrocketing number of infections and an overstretched medical system.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
A number of the infections were in five schools.
More than 4,000 Bnei Menashe have made Aliyah to Israel in the past two decades, thanks largely to Shavei Israel. Another 6,500 remain in India, all of whom wish to make their home in the Jewish state.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The four tech systems being tested are the Corona voice test, breathalyzer test based on terahertz waves, isothermal test, and polyamine acids test.
Israel and India have joined forces to develop a test that would detect Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients within minutes.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This is a good sign ... India was the first country to support us among the Asia group, so we are very happy."
It appears the UK didn't want to undermine the recently signed Iran nuclear deal, by exposing the Hezbollah terror plans.
By JNi.Media
Clean water emits a different field than contaminated water: if there are chemicals, bacteria, oils or metals in the water, its magnetic field won't match the clean emission.
By JNi.Media
The Bnei Menashe claim descent from one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, who were sent into exile by the Assyrian Empire more than 2,700 years ago.
Why are some Jewish youth who come from religious Jewish families, throwing it all away and joining a secular hedonistic world?
Israel, India, and the cost of Independence!
Davids guests on today’s show include Vijeta Uniyal founder and President of Indians4Israel, Virag Gulyas an Hungarian woman who is based in New York City from where she actively shakes up the pro Israel scene, and Ben Shahin who is founder of Allyus.org. -A Hebrew In The Heartland
The highs of VP Pence’s speech at Israel’s Knesset.
Israel is enjoying positive relations with India & Africa.
Netanyahu is on a week-long official state visit in India.
“The government set a target to cross $100 billion in exports by 2020, but estimates are that we have passed the mark in 2017."
By JNi.Media
Israel recently issued tenders for drilling 24 blocs of 400 square kilometers.
By JNi.Media
'Regarding India and Egypt, I think we will start talks this year, probably closer to the year-end. Negotiations with Israel have already started.'
Identifying as Israeli is a distinct advantage in today’s cybertech industry.
By JNi.Media
The deal includes more than 8,000 missiles and more than 300 launchers, and this order is expected grow, as the Indian Army wants to provide Spike missiles to all its 382 infantry battalions and 44 mechanized regiments.
By JoeSettler
The Iranian people and the rest of the world deserve to be freed from the clutches of the terror-supporting Islamic regime of Iran.
By JNi.Media
The Bnei Menashe are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh, one of the Ten Lost Tribes exiled from the Land of Israel more than 2,700 years ago by the Assyrian empire.
Each village priest would recite ancient prayers, such as “Miriam’s Song,” echoing the Biblical account of the Exodus and its aftermath.
By JNi.Media
IAF chief of international affairs Lt. Col. Richard Hecht brags that 'everybody wants to engage and cooperate with the IAF. It’s a privilege.'
“Israel is hotter than ever... $4.8 billion was invested in Israeli technology companies last year, of which 85 percent came from abroad."
By JNi.Media
The 102 new immigrants all hail from the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, which borders Burma and Bangladesh and is home to the second-largest concentration of Bnei Menashe in India.
By JNi.Media
The operational systems presented at the exhibit are interconnected with training systems, allowing enhanced readiness of all aircrew as well as mission review.
By Elissa Moss
From the records we learn that, unlike European and Middle Eastern Jews, Jews in India were treated the same as any other citizen; they were often autonomous and experienced little persecution.
Modi likened the Indian Army’s recent strikes against terrorism as “no less than the Israel Army.” He must therefore give India's defense forces the autonomy Israeli leadership gives to its own forces
President Rivlin is on official state visit in India.
After so many recent votes at UNESCO erasing Judeo-Christian history in favor of Islamist misrepresentation one thing is clear: the sooner democracies leave the UN, the better
It could happen to you. It's only a matter of time.
By JNi.Media
Slowly but surely, American companies have been encroaching on a field where in the past Israeli products ruled.
By JNi.Media
Retired Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal said the Indian Army is better than the IDF, because it has had to deal with a better organized enemy and tougher terrain.
Over 20 religious leaders from east Asia arrived in Israel Monday for a four-day summit in Jerusalem.
By JNi.Media
Mind you, that purchase is yet to be made, and, judging by the Iron Dome's track record so far, the deal could still go south.
President Rivlin said, "The Indian and Israeli people have a lot in common, we know how to respect tradition and to be ready to learn and bring innovation to our lives for the benefit of our people and the whole world."
Don't be fooled by Israel's improved relations with certain Arab states, it is not based on their accepting Israel but fear-of Iran and desertion by US
“Very well,” answered Purus, “you may join my armies and watch as we destroy Alexander with our animals.”
By JNi.Media
“As Jews, we have a responsibility to ensure that, where possible, our charity extends beyond our own community to people who we may never meet but who are so deserving of our help,” Chief Rabbi Mirvis said.
By JNi.Media
Hundreds of the Bnei Menashe community from across northeastern India gathered Sunday in the town of Churachandpur in the Indian state of Manipur to light the first Hanukkah candle.
His new book is called "Palestine" a features a cover showing a map of "what used to be Israel" and with the word "Palestine" plastered over it.
The Shavei Israel organization brought a group of 78 Bnei Menashe immigrants on Aliyah Thursday from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, which borders Burma and Bangladesh. Absorption Minister Zev Elkin greeted the immigrants upon arrival. The new Olim will settle in Katzrin on the Golan Heights, which was the tribal patrimony of Manasseh in […]
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Around 5,000 Jews continue to live in the ancient community, which according to some sources dates back to the time of King Solomon.
The stockpile is less than half the number usually estimated. Pakistan has 100-120, and North Korea 6-8.
Several Israelis suffered light injuries but 150 still have made no contact with officials.
India is buying $525 million dollars worth of Spike anti-tank missiles from Rafael. This is what they're buying...
By Shalom Bear
India has chosen to purchase Israel's Spike anti-tank missiles after rejecting a competing offer for US Lockheed Martin's Javelin missiles.
Netanyahu also will meet with President Obama.
ISIS poses a great threat to the entire civilized world in general and liberal democracies in particular.
One wishes the PA would distance itself completely from Hamas now for the sake of peace and development in the region.
Prime Minister Golda Meir's response to rising numbers of rape should be emulated by India's Modi.
Israeli officials at a Jordanian border crossing have arrested an Indian tourist who literally was caught with his pants down, exposing smuggled diamonds and gold worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Customs officials apparently did not have any advance knowledge of the smuggling attempt but noticed that the man showed discomfort from his clothing. A […]
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival attracts array of international musicians.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
A 10-member delegation of dairy farmers from the Punjab region of India recently visited Israel to participate in a training program about modern dairy farming techniques at kibbutzim and moshavim across Israel. A member of the delegation, Karnail Singh, told the Times of India that weather conditions in Israel are similar to Punjab but that […]
Killed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen Muslim, has been identified by the FBI as a “strong believer” in Islam, and an adept of jihadism. Tamerlan was unabashed in his Muslim piety and avowal of jihad—the latter bringing him to the attention of both Russian intelligence and the FBI. Indeed, Tamerlan Tsarnaev […]
Iranian spies were caught in Turkey and India lat year. Now it is Nepal’s turn, and this time the Israeli Embassy caught the spy, who used a fake Israeli passport.
In what country do people act this way? Stop to deliver soup to a stranger; give a blessing; ask someone to fix your bracelet...or fix someone's bracelet. In Israel.
The Indian army prepared to move in and rescue the hostages, but before they did, the Israeli hostages had already overpowered their kidnappers, tied them up and handed them over to the army.
Indian Chief of Air Staff Norman Anil Kumar Browne is in Israel for talks with the highest ranking Israeli military officials as ties deepen between the two countries’ defense establishments.
By J. E. Dyer
Missile tests popping up all over Asia should be seen in this light. Everyone’s arming up, starting with Russia
India will likely be signing a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with Israel in order to create smoother and easier cooperation between the countries in the investigation of crimes.
India’s army may opt to conduct a $1 billion military defense contract with Israel rather than the United States, showcasing the increasingly strong competition between the two countries in providing defensive solutions throughout the world.
When police asked Kasab, 21 at the time, what he understood about jihad, he told them, "it [Jihad] is about killing and getting killed and becoming famous." "Come, kill and die after a killing spree. By this one will become famous and will also make Allah proud."
John Hudson has put together an interactive Google Map of sites around the work where Moslems are rioting. Click here for photos of the protests in Jerusalem and around Israel. Jerusalem "Hundreds of Israeli Arabs protested outside Sha’ar Shchem (Damascus Gate) in Jerusalem on Friday. Four people were arrested as the crowd tried to […]
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Hailing from India, El Salvador, New Zealand, Brazil, and South Africa, the participants, ranging from their early 20s to 30s, with a background in entrepreneurial work, were part of an international conference called S.E.E. Israel. Organized by Jerusalem’s Hebrew University students as part of a StandWithUs public diplomacy training program, the conference connected the international visitors with young Israeli social innovators, enterprises and organizations.
Although Shia and Sunnis do not pray together, as both sects have the same goal – hostility to Israel – the Shia cleric, to set a precedent, recently asked the Sunni Imam to lead a prayer service attended by both congregations.
By J. E. Dyer
India has just conducted an unprecedented four-day port visit in Haifa, during which Indian sailors roamed Israel as American sailors have for many years, and joint ceremonies were held with the local population. A naval visit to Israel is a big political signal; India would not be sending it lightly.
The Delhi Police investigation report states that the suspects began planning the attacks on Israeli diplomats in India and other countries in January 2011, with the help of a local Indian journalist named Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi. The report revealed that Kazmi had established relations with the individuals - and by extension the IRGC - almost 10 years prior to the attacks,
By Jacob Shamsian, Tazpit News Agency
Hitler’s Mein Kampf is available in almost all Indian languages, but the only book on the Holocaust in India’s national language, Hindi, is an FAQ about the Holocaust published by Yad Vashem. Dr. Navras Jaat Aafreedi has worked and continues to work in spreading accurate information about Judaism and the Holocaust in India.
By Jewish Press Staff Reporter
Following more than three years of investigation, Indian security forces have arrested Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari aka Abu Hamza, alleged member of Lashker-e-Taiba (Army of the Righteous) and the Hindi instructor of 10 terrorists who executed the murderous attack in Mumbai in 2008.
By JTA
Jews living in Asia gathered near the Great Wall of China for the first-ever Limmud event in the world most populous nation. Sunday's program, run by Limmud International, drew nearly 100 Jews from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, the Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Israel, Britain and the United States. The open Jewish learning program Limmud has […]
Though a sudden-death match led to his defeat, a new Israeli hero has gained international recognition– and local celebrity – as a chess champion.
The Iranian Mehr news agency reports that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe on Saturday to attend the ancient Persian New Year (Noruz) festivities, which are being held on Sunday. The occasion is celebrated in Iran, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Albania, Kyrgyzstan, India, Afghanistan, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan. The presidents […]
Yaakov Amidror's visit comes after Indian authorities arrested Iranian freelance journalist Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi's last week on suspicion of links to the bombing of an Israeli diplomat's vehicle.
If you were looking for clues as to how Iran could stand up to global pressure over its nuclear program, perhaps this bit of news serves as an explanation: the semi-official Mehr news agency reports that Tehran and New Delhi have announced that they are planning to hit $25 billion in annual bilateral trade over […]
After immigrating to Israel from England in 1999 at age 50, Susan Nathan has become an outspoken pro-Palestinian advocate, appearing in the Swedish Human Rights festival and the Stockholm Olof Palme Centre, as well as forums sponsored by the Arab American Association. She came to India for medical treatment, but her visa expired and the government wants her out on suspicion of contact with extremist Muslim organizations.
The Security Council statement, read to the media, "condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in New Delhi, India, aimed at Israel's diplomatic personnel, which resulted in injuries to diplomatic personnel and civilians, and the recent attempted terrorist attack in Tbilisi, Georgia." The Council also "reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations […]
Malaysia will extradite Iranian suspected of involvement in attempted bombing in Thailand; Report reveals that Mossad chief visited New Delhi days before the attack on the Israeli diplomatic vehicle and lauded India as a safe destination for Israelis; Israel's envoy to the UN has lodged a complaint, blaming Iran and Hizbollah for the week-long terror campaign.
By Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON – Israeli leaders blamed Iran for two assassination attempts late Sunday and early Monday – in Tbilisi, Georgia, and in New Delhi, India. The bomb in Tbilisi was disabled before it could be activated, and the attack in India wounded the wife of an Israeli diplomat and her driver.