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Tag Archives: IDF
“IDF’s Kohavi warns US against rejoining 2015 nuclear deal or even a slightly improved version, calling it ‘a bad thing to do’ that would lead to an Iranian bomb, which Israel won’t allow”
TIMES OF ISRAEL IDF chief says he’s ordered fresh military plans to thwart Iran’s nuke program by Judah Ari Gross January 26, 2021 Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi on Tuesday said he has directed the military to … Continue reading
More than 1,000 Israeli Arabs have volunteered to serve in the IDF in the past year
BRIDGES FOR PEACE IDF Sees Record Number of Israeli Arab Conscripts by Yoav Zitun January 4, 2021 More than 1,000 Israeli Arabs have volunteered to serve in the IDF as conscripts or reservists in the past year, and most after … Continue reading
New IDF division marks the arrival “of new advanced operational methods and abilities alongside coordination between ground, air, intelligence and cyber forces”
JNS A look into the IDF’s mysterious new elite unit that could revolutionize the battlefield by Yaakov Lappin October 20, 2020 In the summer of 2019, the Israel Defense Forces formed a completely new kind of elite unit, and many … Continue reading
Commander of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, said the joint flyby over Dachau symbolized the promise for a future
CBN NEWS ‘Never Again’: Israeli Jets Enter German Airspace for First Time With Flyover of Dachau Camp August 19, 2020 Israeli and German air force jets flew side-by-side over the former Dachau concentration camp on Tuesday as a tribute to … Continue reading
IDF says warplanes, tanks, helicopters hit terror sites after airborne devices spark over 80 fires in recent days
TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza amid spate of balloon-borne arson attacks by Staff and Aaron Boxerman August 13, 2020 Israel attacked targets in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Thursday morning in response to … Continue reading
“Israeli lobby group, led by IDF commanders, pens open letter to Trump thanking him for his support of Israel, and backing sovereignty plan”
ARUTZ SHEVA Israeli generals to Trump:’We trust you to back Netanyahu’s sovereignty plan’ by Staff June 23, 2020 A group of Israeli generals penned a letter to President Donald Trump thanking him for his support of Israel, and endorsing his … Continue reading
Defense minister says trooper who aided man in Hebron ‘acted as every soldier and commander is expected to,’ says army will investigate incident
TIMES OF ISRAEL Gantz commends IDF soldier who helped Palestinian man flee violent Jewish group by Staff June 13, 2020 Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Saturday commended an Israel Defense Forces soldier who intervened to help a Palestinian man in … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Benny Gantz, Hebron, IDF, Palestinian
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An otherwise positive story from #NYT about Israel’s battle against coronavirus “marred by its opening” which has now been changed online
FORWARD New York Times gets slammed for highlighting fact that Israel Defense Forces kills people by Aiden Pink May 8, 2020 …But some current and former Israeli defense officials pointed out that the article [which has since changed the lede], … Continue reading
A former Brigadier General of the IDF: “The claim that Israel’s adversaries are deterred is utterly unconvincing”
MIRYAM INSTITUTE Deterrence is only as strong as the force you are willing to use by Shmuel Tzuker February 23, 2020 The question of how one measures the military strength and the deterring power of a country is up for … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Hamas, Hezbollah, IDF, Iran, Miryam Institute
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