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Analysis: First reported IAF strikes in months hint at importance of targets

Analysis: First reported IAF strikes in months hint at importance of targets

Israel said to act on declared ‘red lines’ with overnight air raids on Syrian military base, Hezbollah weapons convoy   For the first time in… Read More ›

London – Philip Morris CEO Says Looks Towards Phasing Out Cigarettes

London – Philip Morris CEO Says Looks Towards Phasing Out Cigarettes

  London –  Philip Morris International, the world’s largest international tobacco company, could eventually stop selling cigarettes, its chief executive told the BBC on Wednesday,… Read More ›

A pattern is emerging with Trump’s deals to save US manufacturing jobs

A pattern is emerging with Trump’s deals to save US manufacturing jobs

  Donald Trump said during his campaign that he would, if elected president, convince the air-conditioner manufacturer Carrier not to shutter a plant in Indiana… Read More ›

Int’l law does not deal with attack tunnels, say experts

Int’l law does not deal with attack tunnels, say experts

It is unclear to what extent an armed force is obliged to check whether civilians are hiding in a tunnel before attacking it as a… Read More ›

The anti-Zionist right

The anti-Zionist right

Op-ed: Instead of having the state’s best interest in mind, Likud Knesset members are insisting on enacting damaging laws in order to gather a few… Read More ›

When a Muslim MK beseeched Israel to fund a Moroccan synagogue

When a Muslim MK beseeched Israel to fund a Moroccan synagogue

In impassioned plea, Zouheir Bahloul says Jewish state has ‘duty’ to support upkeep of holy places abroad, but local Jewish community ‘surprised’ by request, says… Read More ›

Washington – Dems Concerned About Sessions, But Have Little Recourse

Washington – Dems Concerned About Sessions, But Have Little Recourse

  Washington – Senate Republicans are hoping to move quickly to confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, but Democrats say they have concerns… Read More ›

Troop carriers seized: Is China sending Singapore a message?

Troop carriers seized: Is China sending Singapore a message?

  Singapore is scrambling to recover nine armored troop carriers that have been impounded in Hong Kong for almost a week after they were used… Read More ›

Jewish Democrats cry hypocrisy over US general’s Israel remarks

Jewish Democrats cry hypocrisy over US general’s Israel remarks

Gen. James Mattis, contender for Trump’s defense secretary, said settlements could lead to ‘apartheid.’   WASHINGTON – After defending US President Barack Obama’s credentials on… Read More ›

The reality of women in combat roles

The reality of women in combat roles

Op-ed: Research shows that not only has operational preparedness suffered as a result of women’s incorporation in combat units, but that female soldiers themselves have… Read More ›

Top US firefighters ‘dropped everything’ to help Israel battle the blazes

Top US firefighters ‘dropped everything’ to help Israel battle the blazes

39 firefighters, mostly not Jewish, answered Israel’s call for help through the Emergency Volunteers Project   TEL AVIV (JTA) — Call them Israel’s American volunteer… Read More ›

Aleppo, Syria – Young Syrian Girl Sends Harrowing Tweets Of Being Bombed In Aleppo

Aleppo, Syria – Young Syrian Girl Sends Harrowing Tweets Of Being Bombed In Aleppo

Aleppo, Syria – A seven-year-old Syrian girl, whose depictions of daily life in Aleppo have gained a large Twitter following, has sent harrowing messages describing… Read More ›

Petraeus takes center stage amid infighting about Trump considering Romney for secretary of state

Petraeus takes center stage amid infighting about Trump considering Romney for secretary of state

  Retired Gen. David Petraeus met with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday to discuss the possibility of serving as the next secretary of state. “I… Read More ›

Analysis: IDF meets Islamic State

Analysis: IDF meets Islamic State

Is ISIS trying to provoke Israel?   The cross-border incident Sunday morning on the Golan Heights between the IDF and Islamic State-linked terrorists in Syria represented… Read More ›

Trump assails recount push, claims millions voted illegally

Trump assails recount push, claims millions voted illegally

While presenting no evidence to support his claims, the US president-elect says efforts to recount voters in three battleground states were fraudulent, the work of… Read More ›

Israel Air Force officer: ‘Syria’s the global stage, everybody’s playing there’

Israel Air Force officer: ‘Syria’s the global stage, everybody’s playing there’

Senior official gives military’s view of Syrian civil war, and how Israeli jets navigate the dangerously full skies next door   For years, Israel was… Read More ›

Manila, Philippines – Manila Police Safely Defuse Suspected Bomb Near US Embassy

Manila, Philippines – Manila Police Safely Defuse Suspected Bomb Near US Embassy

  Manila, Philippines – Manila police have defused a suspected bomb found in a trash bin just a few meters (yards) from the U.S. Embassy,… Read More ›

‘French Thatcher’ Fillon wins France’s Republican primary

‘French Thatcher’ Fillon wins France’s Republican primary

French conservatives have picked François Fillon as their presidential candidate in next year’s election. Fillon easily beat Bordeaux Mayor Alain Juppé in the Republican party’s… Read More ›

IDF reveals video-interpreting system

IDF reveals video-interpreting system

The army also revealed the existence of the advanced, start-up-styled unit that developed the technology; live events are summarized in text; a database compares to… Read More ›

Finance minister: NIS 2,500 immediately to every person who can’t go home

Finance minister: NIS 2,500 immediately to every person who can’t go home

Speaking in Haifa, Moshe Kahlon committed to provide emergency relief, distributed by local authorities, to every person whose home was rendered uninhabitable by the recent… Read More ›