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“Israeli military demonstrated on Tuesday that it takes seriously Hezbollah’s repeated threats to “take over the Galilee” with massive drill aimed at evacuating civilians under attack near Lebanon border”

DEFENSE NEWS Israel Heeds Hezbollah Threats, Drills Mass Evacuation of Civilians Near Border by Barbara Opall-Rome September 13, 2016 …Described as “the biggest drill of its kind until now,” Col. Eyal Forman, chief medical officer in the Israel Defense Forces … Continue reading

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Israel: Few countries must maintain their revolutionary enthusiasm and spirit of sacrifice for seven decades

BLOOMBERG Israel’s Army Seeks Trust Through Tuition by Daniel Gordis August 12, 2016 Israel’s army announced plans this week to expand its program that pays college tuition for discharged combat veterans. The army has long offered such perks to soldiers … Continue reading

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Pro Palestianians cross the line at UC Irvine “Beneath the Helmet” screening

OBSERVER Jewish Woman Forced to Hide From Anti-Israel Activists at UC-Irvine by Shani Shahmoon May 19, 2016 An event hosted by a pro-Israel student group ended abruptly Wednesday night as police were called to protect attendees from an angry mob … Continue reading

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“Since Putin actively entered the Syrian civil war on behalf of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, Israel and Russia have held four rounds of talks and maintain near daily contact to prevent unintended clashes”

DEFENSE NEWS Israel-Russia Brass Continue to Coordinate Over Crowded Skies in Syria by Barbara Opall-Rome March 31, 2016 Despite Moscow’s declared mid-March drawdown of forces in Syria, Israeli experts say Russian military presence there remains considerable — and potentially more … Continue reading

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Eleven years ago, Dror Zicherman obeyed the IDF’s open-fire regulations and failed to shoot a terrorism suspect. His decision came at a very heavy price.

TABLET MAG IDF Soldier is Castigated for Shooting a Wounded Terrorist, One Survivor Recalls the Price of Inaction by Liel Leibovitz March 28, 2016 As the furor over the IDF soldier who shot a wounded Palestinian terrorist continues—demonstrations were held across … Continue reading

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“It seems that some of our leadership is so concerned about Israel’s image in foreign media that they tend to jump at the chance to agree that we are as bad as they say we are and beg forgiveness” [VIDEO]

ABU YEHUDA Western morality and Islamic jihad by Vic Rosenthal March 27, 2016 Two Palestinian terrorists stabbed and moderately injured a member of Israel’s Kfir brigade in Hevron Thursday. One was killed immediately; the other was lying wounded on the … Continue reading

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#PalestinianTerror: Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Facebook — “The soldier is not a murderer. Have we lost our minds? We are at war, a war against brutal terrorism”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Netanyahu, Bennett trade barbs over Hebron shooting by Staff March 27, 2016 In a stormy cabinet session Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily defended the army’s investigation into an alleged murder by an IDF soldier who shot … Continue reading

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#PalestinianTerror: Military Police arrest soldier who was seen firing a shot to the head of an already wounded Palestinian terrorist, as he lay on his back in a Hebron street

JERUSALEM POST Family of IDF murder suspect: You send a child to protect Israel, then condemn him by Staff, Maariv Online March 26, 2016 The family of a combat soldier accused of murdering a “neutralized” Palestinian terror suspect  held an unprecedented … Continue reading

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“Instead of backing the only country that gives full rights to all its citizens, they are instrumental in attacking not only Israel but the Jewish people”

GATESTONE The Israel-Bashing Industry’s “Intellectuals” by Giulio+Meotti March 16, 2016 What is the only country about which can be said that its very existence is disputed? Clue: Not Zimbabwe, not Tuvalu, not even overrun Tibet. Which country’s boundaries, bought with … Continue reading

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“As Hamas expands its tunnel network in Gaza, Israel, and the United States are collaborating on a clandestine project to thwart the Islamist group’s subterranean advantage”

FOREIGN POLICY Israel Is Building a Secret Tunnel-Destroying Weapon by Yardena Schwartz March 10, 2016 …According to intelligence officials, Israeli engineers are working tirelessly to develop what’s being called the “Underground Iron Dome” — a system that could detect and … Continue reading

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