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Photo of the Day

On Patrol

By Photo of the Day

IDF soldiers on Patrol in al-Arrub, north of Hebron, on November 13, 2019.

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

Palestinian Authority Returns Stolen IDF Rifle

By Jewish Press News Desk

The rifle was taken from a soldier during the attempted lynch in Jenin.

Photo of the Day

Stay Calm! This is Just a Drill (in Efrat)

By Photo of the Day

The training exercise looked so real, so people thought something happened.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Video from the Mevo Dotan Terror Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

The terrorist can be seen casually walking up to the soldiers before stabbing one.

Video of the Day

Afraid to Shoot the Terrorist, Soldier Nearly Killed in Terror Attack

By Video of the Day

The soldiers did everything except shoot the terrorist, until it was almost too late.

Video of the Day

Rules of Engagement

By Steve

The new rules of engagement

Impact Of Women On Jewish History/Prof. L. Jackson

Batya Aviya Jackson: An Outstanding Soldier

By Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson

One of the 13 being honored as an outstanding soldier was Batya Aviya Jackson, an NCO in the human resources unit of the IDF, in care of soldiers’ personal wellbeing.

Shiloh Musings

Shiloh Musings: A Six Days War IDF Soldier Tells his Story

By Batya Medad

Israel had inferior weaponry, since the best suppliers-America and Russia-boycotted our country. The 1967 Six Day War was a miracle of Biblical proportions.

IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs

Prosecution Loses Round As Judge Recused in Trial of Soldier Who Killed Neutralized Terrorist

By JNi.Media

This is a do or die case for the military prosecution, which has taken its share of lumps so far.

Guest Blog

A Message from a Soldier in Israel

By Guest Author

We have risen from the ashes of a broken world and for the first time in 2000 years we have a Jewish army, committed to the phrase "Never Again"

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Family of Hebron Soldier Visits Him on Base

By Jewish Press News Desk

The soldier was released from jail to an IDF base on Friday.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Soldier is Missing, Police Seek Assistance

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel Police report IDF soldier David Menachem Gordon, 21, is missing; he is 5'6" tall with brown eyes, black, short cropped hair.

IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / Settlements

Police Arrest Pregnant Yitzhar Woman for Inciting Against IDF Soldiers

By Jewish Press Staff

Israel Police arrested an eight-month pregnant woman in Yitzhar before dawn Wednesday on suspicion of incitement.

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

Arab Terrorist Shot at Hitchhikers, Killed by IDF

By Jewish Press News Desk

A terrorist opened fire at a hitchhiking post in the Shomron. A fast-acting soldier killed the terrorist.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Soldier Wounded by Misfired Bullet

By Jewish Press News Desk

An IDF soldier is in stable condition after being struck in the face by a machine gun bullet that was fired from a tank in his unit near Gaza on Thursday. The tank unit was involved in a military operation, but it is not known why one of the battalion’s soldiers fired the gun and […]

IDF Blog

Creme De La Creme: How the IDF Picks its Most Elite Units

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Qualifying for the IDF elite units requires true greatness. It takes courage, determination, strength and mental toughness.

A Soldier's Mother

For These We Weep

By Paula Stern

I have been searching for the answer to this question...who did they kill...those 104 we are about to release? I know of a mother and her three children; I know of a grandfather stabbed in the back. I don't know all the names but it is for these we weep today - once killed by […]

Israel / News Briefs

Looking for Family of Soldier Killed in Fall of Gush Etzion, 1948

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Private Yitzchak Mizrachi is the only soldier who fell in the battle for Gush Etzion in the War of Independence whose relative have not been located. During one of the bitterest battles fought by the Haganah prior to the establishment of the State of Israel, 241 Israeli soldiers and civilians were killed in the final […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Israeli Citizen to Be Turned in for Crimes against Humanity in Bosnia

By Jewish Press Staff

Cvetkovic was arrested in January, 2011, after a Bosnian court issued a warrant for his arrest for crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant

In Gaza, Israel Confronts An Enemy With Stronger Missiles And Closer Allies

By Ben Sales

KFAR AZA, Israel – In some ways, Israel’s latest confrontation with Hamas looks like past conflicts in the Gaza Strip. Operation Pillar of Defense has left some key Hamas leaders dead, depleted weapons supplies and hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza.

Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Three Injured in Eshkol Strike

By Jewish Press News Desk

At just after 2PM, two IDF soldiers were moderately wounded and one soldier was lightly wounded from a rocket that exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council. The two soldiers were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva for treatment. Notification was given to their families.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Update on Two of the Injured IDF Jeep Soldiers

By Jewish Press News Desk

Soroka Hospital Completed the Surgeries on the Injured Soldiers.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Jeep Soldiers in Serious Condition - Undergoing Surgeries

By Jewish Press News Desk

The four soldiers injured in Saturday evenings attack are being treated at Soroka hospital. They were very seriously injured.

Felafel on Rye

Orders are Orders

By Tzvi Fishman

For many Israelis, the Presidential election in America had a special urgency because of the increasing nuclear threat from Iran, and the hope that Romney would take a more militant stance than Obama. I wrote a short story on the tragedy of looking to America for our salvation, which appears in my award-winner collection of short stories, “Days of Mashiach,” which was translated and published in France this year by a non-Jewish publisher, with reviewers comparing me to Voltaire and the famous fable writer, Jean de la Fontaine. Big deal. Anyway, enjoy the story, and for readers who value true Jewish literature, I invite you to check out some of my other books at Amazon.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

A Party for Arafat Near The Mount of Olives

By Moshe Herman

YIshai is joined by soldier, artist, father, and activist Marc Prowisor.  Prowisor, who is also the director of security projects the One Israel Fund, talks with Yishai about a party held by Arabs, to celebrate deceased leader Yasser Arafat held near the Mount of Olives studio.  They also discuss what is going on among Arabs inside of Israel.

Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Hamas Releases Gilad Shalit Film

By JTA

On the one-year anniversary of the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Hamas has released a film describing the Israeli soldier's abduction in 2006.

News Briefs

IDF Base Robbed

By Jewish Press News Desk

An IDF base a few miles west of Tiberias was robbed Friday morning after masked men entered the base, tied up a soldier, and stole his rifle and several other weapons.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

One Female Warrior Excels during Fire Exchange, as Another Is Shamed

By Tibbi Singer

The shooting incident at Egyptian border that claimed the life of Cpl. Natanel Yahalomi last Friday, was the first combat encounter of Cpl. S. and her comrades of the Caracal Battalion.

A Soldier's Mother

What No Parent Wants to Watch

By Paula R. Stern

I clicked on the link and came to a YouTube video called "Dignified Transfer." I watched every second of it. Tears began to fall just as the plane came into view the first time.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs

Uniformed Haredi Soldier Kicked Out of his Shul

By Jacob Edelist

He was told that since he was wearing the uniform of the “Army of the Zionist State,” he was not permitted to enter the shul.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

IDF Soldiers Complain: Haredi Soldiers Received $5,000 Each in Illegal Grants

By Jacob Edelist

On Tuesday, soldiers in the IDF Kfir brigade sent a letter to the office of Chief of Staff Benny Gantz complaining about discrimination between soldiers serving in the Haredi Netzach Yehuda battalion and other soldiers in the brigade, Walla reports. According to the soldiers’ claims it appears that recently soldiers serving in the Haredi battalion each received a grant of $5,000 from an American philanthropist.

News Briefs / Sports

Combat IDF Sergeant's Team Finishes Second at World Bridge Championship

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

A combat soldier in the Kfir Infantry Brigade, Sgt. Lee Rosenthal, is also one of the best bridge players worldwide. Just last week the Israeli bridge team placed second in the world bridge championship for competitors under the age 21 held in Taicang, China a week ago. The skillful players overcame teams from China, Italy and dozens of other countries, defeated only by the Dutch team by a single point. Among the team members are two IDF soldiers, completing their full service.

News Briefs

Border Policeman Shot Near Ma'aleh Michmas

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Border Police soldier apparently accidentally shot himself in the chest on Thursday at his base near Ma'aleh Michmas around noontime. The soldier was checking his weapon when it went off. He was taken by helicopter to Hadassah Ein-Karem.

News Briefs

Hit & Run Attempt at IDF Checkpoint

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A Palestinian tried to run over a female soldier at a Kalkilya checkpoint on Sunday morning. In response, the soldiers fired into the air, and then at the tires of the car. The terrorist got away into Kalkilya. No injuries were reported among the soldiers.

News Briefs

Palestinian Tries to Steal Soldier's Gun

By Jewish Press News Desk

Near Shavei Shomron a Palestinian tried to steal a soldier's gun. A reserve soldier was driving in his car when a Palestinian, mistaking him for a woman because of his long hair, blocked the road in an attempt to hijack the car.  When the soldier got out of his car, the Palestinian then tried to […]

On Campus / Education

Campus Activists to Army - Lone Soldiers Speak

By Tamar Shmaryahu, Israel Campus Beat

Dov Lerner, former ZOA president at the University of Maryland and current Lone Soldier in the IDF: “It is very different making the case for Israel on campuses than actually sitting on the border with a gun guarding the country," Lerner said. "Having done both, I know that they are both extremely necessary.”

Israel On My Mind

Origins of 'A Soldier's Mother'

By Paula R. Stern

It’s been more than five years since I began writing about my oldest son’s journey into the army. At first, I wrote to calm myself and keep from sharing my greatest fears with him. I called the blog A Soldier’s Mother and watched him enter the army.

News Briefs

Advisor to Lethal Ind. Day Stage Crash in Charge of Madonna's Safety Tonight

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tens of thousands are expected at pop star Madona's Ramat-Gan concert tonight, but few are aware that the man who was safety consultant for an Independence Day event a month ago that ended with a collapsed stage and a dead female soldier, is in charge of security tonight. Maariv reports that Itzik Tzuker, safety consultant […]

Photo of the Day

A Soldier in the Sun

By Jewish Press Staff

A silhouetted soldier extends his arms to the sky. Here's hoping for a sunny day wherever you are on the planet.

Analysis

The Lessons of the Eisner Affair

By Yoel Meltzer

For anyone who is sick of the lies and hypocrisy - be it in Israel or the world - and really wants to work for change, it's not enough to simply stand on the street corner and shout the truth. How something is said or how someone looks while performing an act frequently has more impact than anything else in the eyes and ears of the viewer.

Knesset Corner

100 Ultra-Orthodox Would-Be Soldiers Not Drafted in 2011

By Jeremy Saltan

An officer close to the issue told the Jewish Press: "It is not that we turned away 100 soldiers - had they come to us we would have taken them anyway. But we were told to stop our Haredi outreach efforts which would have netted more recruits. The Tal Law is the big story though. If a new law does not pass we will be in a position to draft 60,000 Haredi soldiers in August."

On Our Own/Cheryl Kupfer

Israel's Children Of Valor

By Cheryl Kupfer

Every Friday night at the Shabbat table, Jewish men display their hakarat hatov for their particular "woman of valor", by singing an ode to her that describes in great detail her many meritorious attributes and activities.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Netanyahu's Son Court-Martialed for Going AWOL

By Tibbi Singer

Sergeant Yair Netanyahu will pay a heavy price for his longing for home cooking. The Prime Minister's son got 21 days detention after abandoning the Friday night shift in his unit and going to dine with his family.

Midrash Stories

The Wedding of the Maharal of Prague and His Wife Pearl

By Rabbi Sholom Klass

Rabi Yehuda ben Bezalel Lowe, known as the Maharal of Prague, was born in 1525, in Posen. He married Pearl, the only daughter of the wealthy and prominent Reb Shmuel ben Reb Yaakov, but not without the help an anonymous soldier.

Middle East / Levant

Arab Theater: An Old Lie – New Revelations

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A photograph that has made the rounds on the internet, supposedly depicting an IDF soldier stomping on a Palestinian girl, is exposed as a complete fabrication.

Op-Eds / Family

The Hug of a Fallen Soldier

By Edward Villa

“One night before I went to sleep I spoke to G-d and asked him out loud the following request: “Please – give me one hug from Dvir so that I will know that it was not all in vain.”

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter IV

By Barbara Bensoussan

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