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Hezbollah

Hezbollah May Use Suicide Ships In Next War, Former Naval Officer Warns

The Israeli Navy should anticipate Hezbollah using suicide ships in the next war with the terrorist group, R.-Adm. Prof. Shaul Chorev told The Jerusalem Post.

“Hezbollah will not need to equip themselves with ships like Israel, but we must assume they will use asymmetric warfare to challenge Israeli technology like land-to-sea missiles or suicide...

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Iran

UN Ambassador Haley Stresses Syria Atrocities, Iran Provocations, as Security Council Delegation Visits Washington

The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, spoke out forcefully against the atrocities committed by President Bashar al-Assad in Syria on Monday, during a visit to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC with a delegation of UN Security Council diplomats.

“We must always remember the victims of genocide and honor their memory, and we...

Holocaust

Granddaughter of diplomat who saved Jewish refugees keeping his spirit alive

Madoka Sugihara, 51, never had a chance to hear directly from her grandfather Chiune Sugihara about his heroic efforts as a Japanese diplomat during World War II to issue visas to help thousands of Jews escape from Nazi persecution.

But through the stories of the offspring of the survivors who were offered the "Visas for Life" to flee from...

Antisemitism

Netanyahu to Putin: Nazis taught us evil must be uprooted before it gains power

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, telling him that the lesson of the Nazis was that murderous ideologies must be stopped before they can flourish — an apparent reference to the current situation with Iran.

Ahead of their meeting, which was expected to focus on Israel’s concerns over...

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Jan 29 Santa Fe, NM Stand with Israel

Israeli Society

Holocaust hero honored 75 years after dramatic rescue of fellow Jews from Nazis

Seventy-five years after he helped a group of over 1,000 Jews fleeing Italian-occupied France, 98-year-old Jewish-Italian Enzo Cavaglion was honored in his hometown of Cuneo on Sunday.

Cavaglion was presented with the Jewish Rescuers Citation by B’nai Brith World Center-Jerusalem and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jews who Rescued...

US-Israel Relationship

Nikki Haley skewers Mahmoud Abbas at UN Security Council meeting

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley launched a broadside Thursday at Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, accusing him of indulging in “outrageous” conspiracy theories about Israel and lacking what is needed to secure peace in the region.
Haley made the remarks at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the Middle East. She...

Iran

Danon: Iran currently controls 82000 fighters in Syria

“Iran is currently controlling 82,000 fighters in Syria,” Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told the UN Security Council on Thursday.

Danon told the executive body that he was ready to expose “classified information” for the first time, “because it is vital for the world to understand that if we turn a blind eye in Syria, the Iranian threat will...

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Jan 13 St Louis, MO Stand With Israel

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Jan 10 Lake Forest, CA Bilingual Stand With Israel

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US-Israel Relationship

At Sit-Down With Israeli PM Netanyahu, Trump Threatens to Pull US Aid to Palestinians if They Don’t Pursue Peace

US.President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to withhold aid to the Palestinians if they did not pursue peace with Israel, saying they had snubbed the United States by not meeting Vice President Mike Pence during a recent visit to the Middle East.

Trump — speaking after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the World...

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Jan 6 South River, NJ Pastor’s Lunch

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Jan 5 South River, NJ Spanish Stand With Isreal

Israel Defense Force (IDF)

IDF’s ‘sky riders’ fly high under first female commander

The first female commander of the IDF’s “sky riders” is leading the unit to greater heights, with two new types of drones designed to provide longer flight time and higher-quality intelligence gathering capabilities.

Lt. Col. Reut Rettig-Weiss took command of the Artillery Corps’ elite Sky Riders Unit, also known by its Hebrew acronym Rochash,...

Israeli Society

Two major U.S. surveys rank Israel among most powerful, innovative countries

NEW YORK - Two major US publications have listed Israel within their top ten rankings, citing the country’s military prowess and innovation capabilities, respectively.

Web-based publication US News and World Report, best known for its influential ranking lists, named Israel as the 8th most powerful nation in the world. Meanwhile, Bloomberg News...

US-Israel Relationship

Pence visits Western Wall, says it’s a ‘great honor’

US Vice President Mike Pence visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Tuesday, wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel, amid an escalating dispute with the Palestinians over the status of the city.

Pence, whose visit to the Western Wall lasted all of 10 minutes, read a short prayer from the Book of Psalms, placed a note in the Wall, and lay his...

Talking Points

Vice President Mike Pence’s historic Knesset Speech

Vice President Mike Pence made a historic speech at the Knesset this morning. Speaking to Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israel’s lawmakers, the Vice President honored Israel’s upcoming 70th anniversary and 3,000 years of Jewish history in Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

This was the first time in 10 years that a senior US Administration official...