By JNi.Media
Fighters who are already part of the unit will be offered a shortened officers' course, and would be obligated to sign for extended service which is a prerequisite of their new rank.
Israel's Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits inside an Apache Helicopter and speaks with Amir Eshel, the Commander in Chief of the Israel Air Force during a visit of Netanyahu at the Tel Nof Air force base, on August 17, 2016. Netanyahu served in the elite Sayeret Matkal unit, but could it be that perhaps he […]
By Moshe Herman
Shai Ish-Shalom, an Israeli commando from the fabled Sayeret Matkal unit, participated in the daring Entebbe rescue operation 40 years ago this week. He joins Yishai at the Caliber 3 anti-terror tactical school in Gush Etzion. Shai is one of the people who have made the Israeli security and military establishment world famous - don't miss this interview. But first, Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai on Spiritual Cafe to discuss the mutiny within the ranks of the Levites. What did Korach "take"? And how can a mere flower signal a time of peace and God's eternal connection to the children of Israel?
There is a huge whiff of IDF hypocrisy here, a stink of "holier than thou." It's too convenient for pols to forget their own past.
By Rachel Levy
Strange. It wasn't considered as big a deal when it was Shimon Peres who was invited to the White House right before elections in '96.
Netanyahu was one of the elite soldiers who participated in the successful Sabena Airlines Flight 751 hostage rescue operationon May 9, 1972.