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Israeli Jets to Take Part in First Ever Air Drill in the UK

Israeli Jets to Take Part in First Ever Air Drill in the UK

IAF jets to take part in Cobra Warrior in September and RAF jets to take part in Blue Flag 2020   The Israeli Air Force… Read More ›

Israel Bar Association head is main suspect in sexual bribery probe

Israel Bar Association head is main suspect in sexual bribery probe

Attorney Effi Naveh, who sits on the Judicial Selection Committee, is suspected of receiving sexual bribes in return for judicial appointments; female judge, female lawyer… Read More ›

Netanyahu to head to Chad Sunday to renew diplomatic ties

Netanyahu to head to Chad Sunday to renew diplomatic ties

During one-day trip to N’Djamena, PM and African Muslim-majority nation’s longtime ruler Déby will formally declare resumption of relations after 47 years Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Ukrainian President Scheduled to Visit Western Wall During Upcoming Visit

Ukrainian President Scheduled to Visit Western Wall During Upcoming Visit

In 2016 country voted for Security Council resolution that said Kotel is ‘occupied’ territory.   Just over two years after Ukraine infuriated Israel by supporting… Read More ›

Kochavi’s new challenges as chief of staff

Kochavi’s new challenges as chief of staff

Analysis: The new IDF chief of staff will need to find a way to keep the army outside the political game amid the April 9… Read More ›

Florida governor goes after Airbnb over West Bank decision

Florida governor goes after Airbnb over West Bank decision

Ron DeSantis calls for sanctions against the company to ‘make them feel the heat,’ saying their policy of delisting homes in settlements deliberately targets Jews… Read More ›

By breaking its ambiguity on Syria, Israel backed its enemies into a corner

By breaking its ambiguity on Syria, Israel backed its enemies into a corner

Opinion: When Netanyahu and Eisenkot decided to end Israel’s plausible deniability regarding its airstrikes in Syria, they damaged the country’s deterrence, and there is no… Read More ›

Did the Shin Bet Catch the Wrong Suspects?

Did the Shin Bet Catch the Wrong Suspects?

Though there is an ongoing debate over whether the minors were mistreated, no one has claimed that the Shin Bet used enhanced interrogation techniques on… Read More ›

The many battles of Gadi Eisenkot

The many battles of Gadi Eisenkot

Opinion: The departing IDF chief of staff has experienced victories and defeats over the past four years; will his successes in the Palestinian arena and… Read More ›

Hamas: ‘We Seized Technical Devices and Equipment During Botched IDF Raid’

Hamas: ‘We Seized Technical Devices and Equipment During Botched IDF Raid’

The IDF elite unit that infiltrated the Gaza Strip was on a mission to plant espionage devices in order to spy on his group’s telecommunication… Read More ›

Israel’s ‘revenge porn’ pandemic

Israel’s ‘revenge porn’ pandemic

The dissemination of explicit photos and videos of minors online affects children as young as 6, but law enforcement authorities are unable to put a… Read More ›

Israeli jets strike Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fire

Israeli jets strike Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fire

Military says aircraft bomb two underground sites, after missile shot from enclave lands in open area in Israel   The Israeli military carried out airstrikes… Read More ›

Palestinians in West Bank on Verge of Revolt Against Social Security Law

Palestinians in West Bank on Verge of Revolt Against Social Security Law

Weekly protests raising the heat on Mahmoud Abbas’ Ramallah-based government.   For nearly 100 hundred days Palestinians have been staging protests against a widely-detested social… Read More ›

Gantz was an island of sanity during the Gaza war

Gantz was an island of sanity during the Gaza war

Opinion: As IDF chief during the 2014 round of fighting between Israel and Hamas, Gantz understood that he was responsible for the civilian population as… Read More ›

Pompeo promises ‘Every last Iranian boot’ will be expelled from Syria

Pompeo promises ‘Every last Iranian boot’ will be expelled from Syria

Secretary says troop pullout from Syria will go ahead, US ‘will use diplomacy’ while working with partners in anti-Iran front; Israel will have military capacity… Read More ›

Moshe Arens, defender of the state

Moshe Arens, defender of the state

Analysis: From engaging with Saddam to trying to build the first Israeli fighter jet, the late engineer-turned-politician doggedly devoted his life to preserving the Jewish… Read More ›

IDF officer, 4 soldiers arrested for allegedly beating Palestinian suspects

IDF officer, 4 soldiers arrested for allegedly beating Palestinian suspects

Servicemen from religious Netzah Yehuda battalion suspected of attacking detainees as revenge for terror attack in which two comrades were killed   Military Police on… Read More ›

A Six-Point Guide to Understanding Netanyahu’s Indictment Case

A Six-Point Guide to Understanding Netanyahu’s Indictment Case

What might happen next?   Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit is expected to announce an intent to file an indictment against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sometime in… Read More ›

Report: Despite Netanyahu, Hamas to Get Qatari Funds in 48 Hours

Report: Despite Netanyahu, Hamas to Get Qatari Funds in 48 Hours

UN Special Coordinator of the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov allegedly assured Hamas that Qatari funds will be sent to Gaza on Wednesday.  … Read More ›

Israel’s left wing must have the courage to tackle the big issue

Israel’s left wing must have the courage to tackle the big issue

Opinion: The left must clearly state, without obfuscating in the name of political correctness, what it believes is the long-hungered solution for good relations between… Read More ›