Israeli Air Force Begins Joint Exercise with US, UAE, Italy, Greece

Tuesday, 28 March 2017 | Israeli fighter planes began multinational exercises in Greece on Monday alongside jets from multiple other countries, including the United States, United Arab Emirates and Italy. The Iniohos 2017 exercise, which is being hosted at Greece’s Andravida Air Base, featured a commemorative patch including the flags of all five participating nations.

Tensions Flare on Gaza Border After Death of Hamas Terror Boss

Monday, 27 March 2017 | The already strained situation on Israel’s southern border with Gaza intensified over the weekend as Hamas accused the Jewish state of assassinating one of its top terror heads. Mazen Fukha, a senior leader in Hamas’s armed wing, the Izzadin Kassam Brigade, was shot outside his home in Tel al-Hawa in

UK Puts UN ‘On Notice’, Threatens Widespread ‘No’ Vote If Anti-Israel Bias Continues

Monday, 27 March 2017 | Just days after the United States assailed the United Nations Human Rights Council for its anti-Israel bias, the United Kingdom took a similar path and issued an ultimatum to the international body: the anti-Israel bias must change, or else. “Today we are putting the Human Rights Council on notice,” said

Trump Nominee Friedman Confirmed as Ambassador to Israel

Monday, 27 March 2017 | David Friedman, President Donald Trump’s choice to serve as ambassador to Israel, was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday afternoon. During his confirmation hearing, Friedman explained that his skepticism toward the two-state solution was “due to the Palestinians’ refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state,” the Jewish Journal reported.

From London to Jerusalem, a Trail of Islamist Terror

Monday, 27 March 2017 | As reports of the savage terrorist attack in central London March 22 emerged, it was clear pretty quickly that British authorities were dealing with an incident straight from the Islamist terror manual. The weapons of choice in London were ordinary consumer goods that are easily refashioned for the purposes of

Israel—Too Familiar with Vehicular Terror—Offers Support to London

Friday, 24 March 2017 | From cars, to trucks, to bulldozers, Israel has been facing terrorism by vehicles for almost a decade. So when the city of Tel Aviv lit up city hall in the colors of the British flag on Wednesday night for London following that city’s terror attack, it was more than just

Hamas Vows “the Liberation of all of Palestine”

Friday, 24 March 2017 | It is a popular emotive narrative peddled by Palestinian leaders for the benefit of a world audience concerned with social justice. The Palestinians, the rhetoric argues, simply desire east Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria to establish their own state where they can live in peace and harmony—right alongside Israel. The

Bereaved Son Blasts UN for Hosting Palestinian Terrorist’s Father

Friday, 24 March 2017 | Micah Lakin Avni, who lost his father Richard Lakin in a Palestinian terrorist attack in 2015, blasted the United Nations Human Rights Council for hosting the father of Lakin’s killer this week. Avni said that the UNHRC “reached a new low” in inviting Muhammad Aliyan whose son Baha Aliyan and

Rivlin Opens Economic Forum in Vietnam

Friday, 24 March 2017 | President Reuven Rivlin visited Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday as part of his state visit to Vietnam. The visit marked the first by a president of Israel to the city. The president and his wife Nechama Rivlin opened their visit to the city by touring a model cow dairy

Israel Plans Mass Evacuations in Case War Erupts

Thursday, 23 March 2017 | In case of a future war with the Islamist terrorist groups Hamas or Hezbollah, Israel would completely evacuate its border communities—up to 250,000 people in either case—to lower the threat level, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. These evacuations, coordinated with local municipalities to keep civilians safe, would be the biggest

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