Most Clicked This Week
- Bret Stephen's Israel stint taught him "democracies rarely muster their full reserves of determination until they’ve been bloodied one time too many"
- Israeli Superstar Gal Gadot tries to cheer us up but the knives are out: “Nothing like rich famous people singing “imagine no possessions” in their mortgage free homes as the rest of society queue at Lidl for broken biscuits”
- “The Rafah Brigade has been defeated. Their four battalions have been destroyed, and we have completed operational control over the entire urban area”
- ‘Are you a Jew?’ Arab Attacks on Jews nothing new.
- "The explicit goal of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas is the elimination of the Jewish state, not the building-up of a Palestinian counterpart"
- Roman colonialists invented the word “Palestine” in order to insult the native Jewish population with the memory of their ancient enemies, the Philistines.
- Israel reaches out to France before resumption of Iran nuclear talks
- Rafah Egypt-Gaza border crossing "track record conclusively disproves the widespread fallacy that Hamas is primarily concerned with the Palestinian cause rather than the cause of global jihad"
Tag Archives: IDF
Diaspora Jews and the media are getting it wrong on Gaza (again)
NEW YORK TIMES Falling for Hamas’s Split-Screen Fallacy by Matti Friedman May 16, 2018 …Most Western viewers experienced these events through a visual storytelling tool: a split screen [the Embassy opening and the Gaza riots]…The attempts to breach the Gaza … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Gaza, Hamas, IDF, Matti Friedman, Micha Danzig
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“While Israel is hardly perfect, its response to the Great Return March is necessary and prudent” [VIDEOS]
NATIONAL REVIEW Israel Has the Right and Obligation to Defend Its Border with Deadly Force: Would you let people who want to kill you into your home? by David French May 15, 2018 One of the enduring mysteries of modern political … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Colonel Richard Kemp, Gaza, Hamas, IDF, Israel Defense Forces
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“IDF warns Syrian military not to interfere as it pummels Iranian targets in largest direct exchange between Jerusalem, Tehran”
TIMES OF ISRAEL After Iranian barrage, Israel launches massive counterattack in Syria by Judah Ari Gross May 10, 2018 Some 20 rockets were fired at Israeli military bases by Iranian forces from southern Syria just after midnight on Thursday, sparking … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Golan Heights, IDF, Iran, Jerusalem, Russia, Sima Shine, Syria, Tehran
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“The secretive and sensitive Unit 9900, which specializes in visual intelligence, has received some 100 autistic volunteer soldiers so far” [VIDEO]
JNS.ORG The IDF’s Unit 9900: ‘Seeing’ their service come to fruition by Yaakov Lappin May 4, 2018 A program designed to integrate young people on the autistic spectrum into the military—in fields where they have a relative advantage—is proving to … Continue reading
American IDF’er completed his service in 2011 and remains in reserves, returning to Israel several times a year for training
NEW YORK POST The American who went to war for Israel, lost an arm and went back by Larry Getlen April 22, 2018 …A soldier in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), he was with his unit and awaiting orders for a … Continue reading
Yom Hazikaron: Israel’s Memorial Day [VIDEO]
TOWER New Website Allows Users to Remember and Honor Israel’s Fallen by Staff April 17, 2018 In anticipation of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, which will be commemorated Tuesday night and Wednesday, two organizations…have established a website to allow users … Continue reading
Ahed Tamimi AKA “Shirley Temper” sentenced
TIMES OF ISRAEL Palestinian teen who slapped soldier sentenced to 8 months in prison by TOI staff and Agencies March 21, 2018 Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi was sentenced to eight months in prison after a military court on Wednesday approved … Continue reading
“On sidelines of huge Juniper Cobra air defense exercise, American and Israeli ground troops trade know-how and practice beach landings, urban combat, desert warfare”
TIMES OF ISRAEL IDF paratroopers teach US marines ‘lost art’ of tunnel combat by Judah Ari Gross March 13, 2018 Israeli paratroopers and US marines completed a series of exercises over the past week and a half aimed at sharing … Continue reading
Sarah Silverman comes to defense of Ahed Tamimi AKA Shirley Temper
ALGEMEINER Sarah Silverman Faces Twitter Rebuke for Calling on Jews to Defend Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi by Shiryn Solny February 18, 2018 American comedian Sarah Silverman faced a flurry of criticism from Twitter users over the weekend after she urged … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Ahed Tamimi, Amnesty International, IDF, Sarah Silverman
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What do they know about Israel’s situation: “Most American Jews don’t have children serving as soldiers, going to the Marines, going to Afghanistan or to Iraq”
REUTERS Israeli official under fire for comments on American Jews’ military service November 23, 2017 A top Israeli diplomat was rebuked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for suggesting that American Jews have a poor commitment to service in … Continue reading
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