Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“Victory is no longer just a conceptual goal—it is the operational mission of the Israel Defense Forces. Now it must receive the backing of the political leadership”

JNS Dusty drawers or decisive wars: Israel’s new victory doctrine by Gregg Roman March 14, 2021 …Only months after assuming office, the General Staff of the IDF dedicated four days to a “Victory Seminar” convened by Kochavi. According to media reports, … Continue reading

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“Israel is no longer the “smiling socialism on earth” admired by European leftists”

MIDDLE EAST FORUM Rafael Bardaji on Why Europe “Will Remain Hostile to Israel” by Marilyn Stern March 14, 2021 …According to [Rafael] Bardaji, three points of friction between the EU and Israel are prominent this year….Furthermore, “a state that is … Continue reading

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#WSJ report says Israel targeted at least 12 vessels linked to Iran since 2019, marking a new front in conflict

TIMES OF ISRAEL US officials say Israel has hit many ships taking Iran oil, arms to Syria by Staff March 12, 2021 Israel has targeted at least 12 ships bound for Syria, most of them transporting Iranian oil, with mines … Continue reading

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“The Peace Railway,” backed by China, could be one of Israel’s most important geopolitical projects in the coming years.

GLOBES Haifa Bay – Persian Gulf railway moves ahead by Dubi Ben-Gedalyahu March 8, 2021 Last week’s announcement by the Ministry of Transport that the rail link from “Haifa Bay to the Persian Gulf” was officially moving ahead in the … Continue reading

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Maj.-Gen. Itzik Turgeman, head of the IDF Technological and Logistics Directorate, said that 81% of army personnel have either been vaccinated or recovered from the virus.

JERUSALEM POST Israeli military says its the first army in the world with herd immunity by Udi Shaham March 11, 2021 The IDF has become the first military in the world protected from COVID-19 with herd immunity due to a … Continue reading

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“So malevolent and false are these claims that they make this Op-Ed in the Forward perhaps the most dishonest account of Israel’s vaccination program that has appeared in the mainstream, English-language press”

CAMERA BLOG Forward Publishes Egregious Lie About Israeli Vaccinations March 9, 2021 Sari Bashi says she is “dismayed” that Israel distributes and withholds COVID-19 vaccines according to ethnicity. This charge of ethnic discrimination is the central premise of her March 8 … Continue reading

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“Heads of major vaccine producers say they expect Israeli data to help the rest of the world beat COVID-19”

ARUTZ SHEVA Pfizer execs thank Israel for data by Shlomo Witty March 11, 2021 Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer revealed tonight (Thursday) why Israel was the first to receive a significant inventory of vaccines against COVID-19.”We knew it would be … Continue reading

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Hamas and Islamic Jihad “see Soleimani as a hero because of his role in providing the Gaza-based terror groups with cash and weapons in order to continue their jihad against Israel and Jews”

GATESTONE Palestinians: Why Terrorists Support Mass Murderers by Khaled Abu Toameh March 12, 2021 While many Palestinians hold Iran’s slain military commander Qassem Soleimani responsible for committing massacres against Palestinians and Arabs, especially in war-torn Syria, the Palestinian Islamist groups … Continue reading

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FIDF launches new bi-weekly show

FIDF live, a project by the friends of the IDF, launches a new biweekly show, hosted by Joel Chasnoff, a former lone soldier himsel

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EVENT: Yishai Fleisher and Benjamin Anthony talk Judea

MIRYAM INSTITUTE presents Settle for More: The Future of the Jewish Presence in Judea Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 9am PDT, 11am CDT, 12noon EDT, 7pm IT with Yishai Fleisher, International Spokesperson, Jewish Community of Hebron and Benjamin Anthony, Co-Founder … Continue reading

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