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Tag Archives: IDF
Religious women, in defiance of Chief Rabbinate, increasingly serving in IDF
YNET NEWS With a skirt and a rifle: Meet the IDF’s religious girl power by Itzchak Tessler October 14, 2015 Three young, motivated women explain why they decided to serve the State of Israel as combat soldiers instead of doing … Continue reading
Israel and Russia continue to coordinate over Syria
HAARETZ Israel’s Hushed Military Ties With Russia Now Paying Off by Anshel Pfeffer October 9, 2015 The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that it was refusing to hold “de-confliction” talks with the Russian Defense Ministry to coordinate the two nations’ air-operations … Continue reading
Israel may not be able to afford all that goes with America’s Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOP’s)
US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT Why Israel Doesn’t Want America’s Newest Bunker-Buster Bomb by Julian Pecquet, Congressional Correspondent for Al-Monitor September 22, 2015 Talk is heating up in Congress and the Pentagon about whether to share America’s massive new bunker-busting … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged IDF, Massive Ordnance Penetrator, MOP, Senator Ben Cardin
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We are proud to be Israelis, holiday poll finds
ISRAEL HAYOM by Aharon Lapidot September 13, 2015 Despite being surrounded by conflict, nothing will stop Israelis from feeling good about themselves and their country • 73% of us think Israel is a good place to live, most Israelis have … Continue reading
Stop Tying Soldiers’ Hands Behind Their Backs
ARUTZ SHEVA by Yishai Karov August 30, 2015 After ‘disgraceful’ Nabi Saleh assault, Miri Regev stresses anyone who attacks IDF soldiers must be held responsible for their actions. Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) condemned on Sunday the assault of an … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged IDF, Palestinians, Pallywood, Samaria, Shirley Temper, Tamimi Family
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Polish Journalist: Hamas Used Residents, Journalists as Human Shields in Last Gaza War
THE TOWER by Staff August 25, 2015 Hamas fired rockets at Israel from residential areas in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge last year in an attempt to provoke IDF retaliatory strikes and cause civilian casualties, Wojciech Cegielski, a reporter for Polish … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Gaza, Haaretz, Hamas, human shields, IDF, living shields, Polish, Wojciech Cegielski
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A Righteous Gentile Navigates the Sharkpool of Washington’s Middle East Correspondents
ALGEMEINER by Edward Alexander August 20, 2015 The Tribalist, by Louis Marano, is ostensibly a work of fiction but at its core a kind of love song by a gentile journalist for the State of Israel, and especially its secular … Continue reading
In Rare Interview, IDF Reveals Terror Tunnel Detection System
ARUTZ SHEVA by Ari Yashar July 22, 2015 Senior IDF officials reveal that new system funded by US aid is on the way to turn the tide on Hamas tunnels In a rare interview with CNN on Wednesday, senior IDF officials revealed … Continue reading
Wounded Israeli Soldiers Unite With American Veterans to Help Their ‘Brothers for Life’ Heal
ALGEMEINER by Shiryn Ghermezian July 10, 2015 An organization in Israel is helping wounded U.S. veterans move past their physical and psychological difficulties by connecting them with injured Israeli soldiers who understand what they’ve been through. “What we discovered very early is that there’s no ‘professional, psychiatrist, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged IDF, Rabbi Chaim Levine, Soldiers, US Veterans
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New video exposes provocation leading up to IDF soldiers beating Palestinian man
JERUSALEM POST by Staff and Yaakov Lappin June 17, 2015 The unsettling footage shows individuals provoking soldiers as swarms of press photographers follow the group A new video posted Tuesday exposed the full scope of events, including provocations, leading up … Continue reading