Thursday, 02 March 2017 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed President Edgar Chagwa Lungu of Zambia to Israel on Tuesday, offering him assurances “of our friendship and our commitment to our relationship.” Netanyahu recalled having met Lungu last July in Uganda and expressed his hope that they would meet again in few months. Lungu is
Continue Reading »Thursday, 02 March 2017 | Here is a fundamental misapprehension: Arab countries can help achieve peace in the Middle East by persuading, or rather pressuring, the Palestinians to make concessions to Israel. This misapprehension is both misleading and baseless. Recently, officials in Israel and Washington started talking about a “regional approach” to solving the Israeli-Palestinian
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 01 March 2017 | The terror group Hamas has built at least 15 tunnels that extend into Israel, the country’s Channel 2 reported Sunday, citing members of the government’s security cabinet. Although the Israel Defense Forces [IDF] discovered and destroyed at least 34 tunnels during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, Hamas has been pouring
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 01 March 2017 | Hezbollah has placed, probably over the weekend, a defiant sign on Lebanese territory, about 800 meters [.5 miles] from Kibbutz Malkiya in which it claims Israel to be “weaker than a spider web” in an apparent swipe at the Jewish state, despite the incredible strength of spider silk. Kibbutz farmers
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 01 March 2017 | Facebook shut down the official page of the ruling Palestinian political party Fatah on Monday, a move that came amidst a campaign by the social media network against accounts that promote violence. Munir Jaghoub, a spokesman for Fatah’s Mobilization and Organization Commission, told The Jerusalem Post that the trigger for
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 01 March 2017 | A Jerusalem group is bringing Jews and Arabs together and helping them to get to know each other through backgammon tournaments, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The group Double Yerushalmi aims to strengthen ties between ethnic groups via the popular board game, as well as other cultural activities like singing and
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | Over the past 30 days, eight rockets have been fired on the tiny Jewish state. The latest attack came in the predawn hours of Monday morning when a projectile from the Gaza Strip struck the Negev region in southern Israel. According to the Israel Defense Forces [IDF], the incoming missile
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | The recent US-Israeli proposal for a regional peace initiative, floated by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Washington earlier this month, is a non-starter, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday. Speaking at the opening session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | The Israeli military is expecting a sharp increase in the number of female soldiers enlisting to serve in combat units, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. The spike is expected to be driven by the addition of a recently announced co-ed battalion that will be deployed in the Jordan Valley. The
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | The wintery weather over the past week provided a rare glimpse into the activity of the IDF Alpine Unit stationed on the Syrian-Lebanon border. A Ynet team joined the unit on Thursday on one of its non-routine patrols under heavy snowfall, in extreme weather conditions. At a height of 2,000
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