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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Lt. Gen. Demokritos Zervakis participated in a “strategic-operational” meeting focusing on “shared security challenges in the Middle East,” according to the Israeli military.
Asara B’Teves, the 10th of Teves, commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar that ultimately culminated with the First Temple’s destruction on the 9th of Av the following year.
Asara B’Teves, the 10th of Teves, commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar that ultimately culminated with the First Temple’s destruction on the 9th of Av the following year.
The Cyberdome exercise prepares for cyber-attacks from hackers threatening the national security of both countries.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night celebrated his 70th birthday with members of “Team Bibi,” the squad he commanded when he served in the Elite IDF General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, the famed Sayeret Matkal.
Hezbollah are piloting the drones and aiming the missiles being used against the Saudi-led forces.
Does our leadership seem to be more worried about the lives of the enemy-civilians over the lives of its own soldiers?
By JNi.Media
Last November, the chief of staff refused PM Netanyahu's request to appoint Winter as his military secretary; and last June, Winter's name was absent from the list of promoted senior officers.
By JNi.Media
According to the plan, which is being formulated in collaboration between the IDF HR division and the Golani Brigade, the special Haredi company will be added to the ranks of the brigade come March 2019.
By JNi.Media
The IDF paratroopers are participating in joint training with the 173rd Brigade of the European Command of the US Army.
What is the best policy? Diplomacy or Military strength... Or BOTH?
The Syrian Rebels have taken over the eastern side of Damascus and attacked the Russian Embassy.
Goldman's case would be the first time the Supreme Court considered a service member’s right of Free Exercise as protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution.
The German Military High Command through War Minister Wild von Hohenborn ordered the Judenzählung (1916), a despicable Jewish census designed to confirm the lack of patriotism among German Jews.
The ongoing legal saga of whether Dr. Simcha Goldman could wear his yarmulke while serving in the US Air Force
IDF forces secured the classrooms as part of a region-wide, day-long drill.
By JNi.Media
Elbit Systems has reached a significant project milestone with the delivery of its first training aircraft.
Somehow, Simcha Goldman wearing a yarmulke in uniform was perceived as an act of insurrection that could weaken the very foundations of the military. But how?
By JNi.Media
Hull fragments of the Tu-154 plane operated by the Russian Defense Ministry have been found about 1.5 km off the Black Sea coast of Sochi at a depth of 50-70 meters.
By JNi.Media
Netanyahu called on the world's nations to "come to Azerbaijan and see the friendship and the partnership between Israel and Azerbaijan.
By JNi.Media
The demonstration was designed to highlight IMI Systems' capabilities, establishing it as the world's leading producer of advanced artillery systems.
The ongoing saga of the yarmulke wearing Dr. Simcha Goldman and the US Air Force
The Air Force’s defense was that the Constitution only protected a genuine religious law; not a personal preference. Wearing a yarmulke, they argued, was not the law.
By JNi.Media
Pyongyang has conducted five nuclear tests in the past decade and launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of reaching US territories in the Pacific like Guam.
Goldman's fight against the entire military establishment was stressful yet, oddly, exhilarating. He felt the Almighty was tapping him on the shoulder, whispering, “I want you to pull this off for Me”
By Sean Savage
The new security deal, which covers fiscal years 2019 to 2028, stands at $38 billion or $3.8 billion per year.
A major reason for Israel's indecisiveness is the increasing influence and control over Israeli decision-making by the US – whose government, at the same time, has become less and less supportive.
Law-abiding, mild-mannered, Rabbi Dr. (Psychology) Simcha Goldman was unprepared to obey the direct order of his commander that he could NOT wear his yarmulke outside the hospital. Strike 2 on Goldman
Dr. Goldman went from testifying as an expert witness to being the defendant. Could it have been because of his yamulke?
By JNi.Media
More than 50 administrative restriction orders were issued by the GOC of the Central and Home Front Commands over the past year against Jewish youths and not one involved a hearing, in violation of the law.
So what is Israel? A state with an army? Or an army with a state?
By JNi.Media
Some 2,839 military personnel involved in the coup attempt have been arrested, and 20 pro-coup soldiers, including some senior officers, were killed during the attempt to overthrow the government.
By JNi.Media
In January 2015 Shamir announced he was leaving the party and would not run in the 2015 elections because of to disagreements with Liberman over foreign policy.
Mitchell Geller was inducted as a Jewish chaplain; a rabbi and a beard go hand in hand. To tell a rabbi to take off his beard would be akin to telling a Catholic Father to remove his collar.
Europe is having an identity crisis.
By JNi.Media
There is a dispute between the professional echelon in the defense ministry and Prime Minister Netanyahu over the American proposal.
Naomi came back to Bethlehem today after 10 years, marking the final time for about three millennia that a Jew will enter the city without need of an armed escort.
The story of Air Force Chaplain Rabbi Geller's options concerning his beard: "Either you go to the barber shop or you go to jail."
By JNi.Media
An American decision to keep the entire aid package in dollars, to be spent only with US manufacturers, could mean serious out of pocket costs for Israel.
By JNi.Media
But the prosecution is going for broke, and have even conscripted a top attorney, Nadav Weissman, to litigate for them.
The IAF "Gulfstream" Squadron hosted the NATO Course for air traffic controllers last week in Nevatim Airbase to learn to operate in the English language according to NATO's military tactics. "We began adopting some of the American controlling regulations in 2001", said Lt. Col. (Res.) Erez Reyvit, the course commander. "NATO's military tactics are unique, […]
The IDF has announced it will establish a new Cyber Command to oversee all operational activity in the cyber dimension. Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot said the new unit will be established in the next two years and in the meantime will work in conjunction with the intelligence branch . "The IDF is […]
By J. E. Dyer
An Israeli strike could theoretically damage Iran’s nuclear program; only US can terminate program
Arab media report Syria downed an Israeli drone over Quneitra, near the border between the two countries.
The IDF gets a Chief of Staff who is not afraid to fight.
The Obama White House has unclenched its fist and allowed the Pentagon to send Israel some Hellfire missiles that were on ‘back order.’
A Michigan high school stopped a military dad from entering the building because his uniform "might offend" some students.
Warren Buffett has lived up to his love for Israel’s companies and his Berkshire Hathaway company has announced the acquisition of Lod-based Ray-Q Interconnect for an undisclosed sum of money. Ray-Q provides electrical interconnect solutions to military, aerospace and other industries. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Buffett made a splash in the […]
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.
By Ben Cohen
Rather than the “Lobby” running the administration, it is the administration that runs the “Lobby.”
While some lawmakers, including Sen. Bob Corker, republican of Tennessee, senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are pressuring President Barack Obama to take military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad, Americans are not excited about the prospect of […]
General al-Sisi and is not about to give in to American pressure regarding the Muslim Brotherhood.
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey landed in Israel Monday afternoon to begin talks with Israel and later with Jordan, where American troops are stationed. Syria will top his agenda in Jordan, which has been flooded by Syrian refugees and where there has been a spillover in fighting in the Syrian […]
By Barry Rubin
Obama, a man who has spent a few hours in Israel and has no empathy with it, dares to say that he knows better what that country needs than does Prime Minister Netanyahu.
In Lebanon there is a rare opportunity to cut off a significant part of one of the most important arms of the Iranian octopus, which comprises Syria and Hezbollah.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has won a 10-15 year contract potentially worth $2.5 billion to build the wings for the F-35 stealth bomber, which is due to arrive in Israel in 2016. IAI and Lockheed Martin have begun setting up the production line for the F-35's wings at an Israeli facility, the Israeli business website […]
Chief of the Defense Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces General Thomas J. Lawson arrived in Israel today for his first visit to the country as commander of the Canadian Armed Forces. His arrival coincided with the first official visit by U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Gen. Lawson will be hosted by the IDF […]
By J. E. Dyer
It is unconscionable of Obama to handle the sequestration threat the way he has - crippling our ability to readily strike Iran.
By Daniel Pipes
When will American politicians and military leaders eventually realize that training foreign soldiers does not allies make them?
How can anyone talk about the two-state solution when thousands of Palestinian children are being trained to use weapons and explosives to replace Israel with an Islamic state?
Our military has to become less American and more European, less imperial and more multilateral.
Earlier this month, a man in uniform you probably never heard of signed a military order which conferred formal recognition upon Rehalim as the 32nd Jewish community in Samaria.
What is the Obama Administration doing in the face of the imminent collapse of the largest and historically most important and powerful state in the Arab world, now ruled by an anti-Western and anti-Semitic radical Islamic regime?
My son-in-law needs to believe that there will be no need for soldiers in another 18 or so years. Deep down, I want to believe that too.
By Barry Rubin
What happens, then, if the regime doesn’t give in and the army doesn’t stop the demonstrations?
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
According to Freeman, the rabbis and settlers are to blame for Israel's belligerent military actions.
The US Senate approved a massive $631 billion defense bill authorizing new funds for weapons, air and sea craft, and pay raises for military officials.
Egypt seems today like a rickety cart that strong, immense horses are pulling in different directions.
Israeli law already applies in Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria.
A group of Nobel peace prize-winners, artists and activists are calling for a military boycott of Israel following the recent attempt by the Jewish state to protect its citizens in the south from rocket barrages from Gaza.
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.
By Barry Rubin
Originally published at Rubin Reports. What’s been happening in Egypt this week is as important as the revolution that overthrew the old regime almost two years ago. A new dictator has arrived and while the Muslim Brotherhood’s overturning of democracy was totally predictable, Western policymakers walked right into the trap. They even helped build it. […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The feelings vary, but all agree that it’s a question of time before they will be called up again to defend Israel against the Gazan terrorists.
By Sheni Leumi
Linguistics for the next round of fighting.
IDF reports claim that Israel’s military inflicted serious damage on Hamas during the eight days of Operation Amud Anan – Pillar of Defense.
The fact that the casualty toll from the first days of the Gaza fighting was three Israelis and 30 Arabs “underscores what critics of Israeli policy called Israel’s disproportionate use of military force,” The New York Times reported on Nov. 17.
Last Wednesday evening, Miri and Daniel were savoring their last few hours together for the week because, as Ashkenazi Jews, they would not see each other during the week preceding their wedding. Shortly before they were to say good-bye, Daniel's phone rang. He answered it, and learned he was being called up for military service.
Once upon a time it was the objective of the military to win wars. Now the objective of the military is to avoid incidents.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Overnight, the IDF targeted approximately 150 medium range rocket launching sites as well as ammunition storage facilities across the Gaza Strip, causing severe damage to terror infrastructures. As a result of the continuous IDF targeting rocket launching capabilities, rocket fire at Israel overnight was significantly decreased, with only a few hits landing in open areas. […]
By Barry Rubin
Neither side takes U.S. policy very seriously.
Though IDF Spokesman Yoav Mordechai says the call-up is limited and primarily focused on Home Front Command units, Israel’s military has begun calling up army reservists across the country, in preparation for a possible ground incursion into Gaza as part of Operation “Amud Anan” – Pillar of Defense.
Lachish Region Police Chief, Commander Alon Levavi, was at the scene in Kiryat Malachi and was adamant in his statement: "If the public had followed the instructions in this case (referring to the three killed and six injured from 2 Grad hits), we probably could have reported fewer casualties." Internal security Minister Yizhak Aharonovitch said: […]
IDF announces that not only did they destroy most of the long-range Fajr missiles, but also Hamas's unmanned military drone program. (GLZ 23:41) Hamas didn't even know that Israel knew all about it.
A Twitter account which alleges itself to be the "The official web site of Al Qassam Brigades in Palestine" is simul-tweeting its military responses to Israel's Operation Pillar of Defense ("Amud Anan") for its almost 4,000 followers.
Israel just eliminated one of the top five military generals in Hamas, Ra'ad Ater. The IDF also announced the beginning of Operation "Amud Anan" (Pillar of Cloud) in Gaza.
One of the world’s largest land warfare expos featured Israeli company Al-Sorag from Moshav Emunin this year as one of the participants, being handpicked by the AUSA (Association of the United States Army).
Every now and then an email comes my way warning about the day when the government unleashes the military against its own citizens. This day isn't likely to come because for one thing the current regime is not particularly fond of the military. The Obama Administration isn't inflicting massive cuts on the military, cutting their health care and pushing veteran officers out the door because it likes the military as an institution. It doesn't.
A massive war game simulation by the Institute for National Security Studies of the IDF’s engagement after a strike on Iran recently took place, illustrating Israel’s increasing preparedness for putting a military end to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
By Mark Schulte
A recent dispute between conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer and White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer centered on the Obama administration’s return to the British government in January 2009 of a bust of Winston Churchill, which had been kept in the Oval Office by President George W. Bush following the September 11, 2001 attacks.
I choose candidates based on who I think will be do the best job for the country, for Israel, and for the Jewish people. I do not vote by party. Although I have finally made my decision - for the first time I am not as sure as I usually am about which candidate will actually be the better President.
Whenever an insurgent group resorts to openly unjust means, its actions become incontestably terroristic. Even if the ritualistic Palestinian claim of a hostile Israeli "occupation" were somehow reasonable rather than invented, the corresponding right of entitlement to oppose Israel "by any means necessary" would be false.
By J. E. Dyer
The news keeps getting worse. The Washington Free Beacon reports today that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has “blocked” four senior military officers from answering questions on the Benghazi attack posed by Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC).
By Peter Huessy
The major argument against taking preemptive military action against Iran is the fear that Tehran's retaliatory capability will engulf the Middle East and other regions in serious violence and turmoil, throwing the world's already fragile economy into a deep recession or even an economic depression. This mindset is coupled with a peculiar assumption that absent […]
As I approached the home of Irving and Miriam Borenstein in the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn, two things became clear: the pride they feel at being Jewish and their joy at living in America. On their front lawn are large American and Israeli flags with a plaque in front which reads: Never forget the six million murdered in the Holocaust and the three thousand murdered on 9/11. May G-d remember them for the good with the other righteous of the world.
“Israel will do everything it takes to ensure Syria’s chemical weapons do not fall into the hands of terrorist organizations — and if such a situation arises, then Israel will weigh a military option,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a group of European ambassadors in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
There was not that much doubt, when reports of Israel bringing down an unidentified drone over the southern Hebron Hills first appeared a week ago, that the spy plane originated with Iran and its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah.
By Harold Rhode
The Alawites are a small, historically oppressed people, whose political future will determine whether Syria remains united in some form or disintegrates into even smaller ethnic and religious entities. As they will play such an important role, America, Israel, and other forces interested in the future of Syria might do well to get to know them, their concerns, and how others can best come to terms with them.
Relations between Russia and Turkey have been strained by the forced landing of a Syrian passenger plane which Turkey said it need to inspect for smuggled military equipment.
In the course of his lamentable stopover in New York last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave an interview to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius just prior to President Obama’s speech to the UN General Assembly. One of Mr. Ahmadinejad’s comments made us think that maybe there is something to his apparent madness.
By Elad Benari and Annie Lubin
Iran will not back down on its nuclear program despite the problems caused by Western sanctions, including a dramatic slide in the value of its currency, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.
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