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The Islamic Republic of Iran may be the regime that created an anonymous “Mapping Project” website that serves to pinpoint locations of Jewish or Zionist communal spaces and organizations as well as law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts in an “attempt to expose and isolate” supporters of Israel.
The Mapping Project also includes “a…
Tensions rose along the Israeli-Lebanese border and the Lebanese Army was put on alert Sunday after reports that an IDF patrol crossed the frontier.
“An Israeli enemy patrol breached the Blue Line in Aita al-Shaab , to a distance of approximately one meter,” the Lebanese army said in a statement.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Thursday, amid reports that Jerusalem could be readying a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The Pentagon chief arrived in Amman, Jordan on Sunday for a Mideast tour which in addition to Israel will also take in Egypt. It marks Austin’s second diplomatic trip to the…
A Michigan man who allegedly threatened to kill Jewish state government officials was on Wednesday charged with transmitting interstate threats following an investigation conducted by the FBI and state police.
“I’m heading back to Michigan now threatening to carry out the punishment of death to anyone that is jewish in the Michigan govt if…
Iran has requested a new air-defense system, S-400s, from Russia, which could prove problematic for Israel.
Russia has yet to publicly confirm if it will supply the S-400s in question. If supplied, Iran will need only two years for the system to become operational.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi are expected to visit Washington early next week for meetings with senior Biden administration officials that will focus on Iran, two Israeli and U.S. officials said.
Read more: Axios
Gen. Mark Milley, whose chairmanship of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff ends in the fall, arrived in Israel on Friday to talk with counterparts.
“They will address the many challenges and opportunities facing Israel and the Middle East region,” stated Col. Dave Butler, a spokesman for the general.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel warned Brazil that it was dangerous to allow two Iranian warships to dock in Rio de Janeiro, noting that their presence in the southern Atlantic Ocean was a “dangerous and regretful development.”
“It is still not too late to order the ships to leave the port,” the Foreign Ministry stated Thursday in a sharply worded statement.
The…
American naval forces teamed up with their United Kingdom counterparts to seize “anti-tank guided missiles” and missile components from a boat that originated from Iran, military officials say.
The joint operation – in which the U.S. provided “airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for an interdiction in the Gulf of Oman…
The United States took Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas to task on Wednesday for calling on his security forces to confront Israeli military personnel conducting counter-terrorism raids in Judea and Samaria.
“We call on the Palestinian Authority, including President Abbas, to clearly condemn terrorism against Israelis and terrorism in…
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi will meet on Saturday with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran in a bid to “restart the relationship at the highest level,” AFP reported Wednesday.
It comes after the IAEA confirmed in a report that its inspectors found uranium enriched to 83.7 percent at Iran’s underground…
Three days after Khairy Alqam murdered seven people outside a synagogue in Jerusalem, the Al Umariya Secondary School for Girls in Qalqilya held a special ceremony to commemorate him. The school was established with U.S. funds.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided funding for construction of the school in…
Amid the report that a top Iranian regime military official on Friday urged the murders of the ex-commander of the United States Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie, former President Trump, and former Secretary State of Mike Pompeo, a new report asserts that Iran is likely behind a “kill list” targeting law enforcement agencies in Boston….
Two suspects who were involved in the shooting attack in Jericho that killed the late Elan Ganeles on Monday were arrested by Israeli security forces on Wednesday afternoon.
One of the terrorists was shot while trying to escape. His status is unclear in terms of how serious his injuries are.
The IDF captured the suspects in a joint operation…
A senior US defense official said Tuesday that Iran could produce enough fissile material for one nuclear bomb in under two weeks.
The warning from US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl came as the UN confirmed Iran has enriched uranium to nearly weapons-grade level at an underground nuclear site.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Hezbollah has established dozens of terrorist cells in southern Syria, just over the Israeli border, composed of local recruits, a Galilee-based defense research group says.
They could soon begin to use drones in operations against Israel, added the Alma Research and Education Center.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and the IDF arrested eight terrorist operatives on Monday night suspected of a series of shooting attacks in Samaria.
The eight men carried out a series of attacks in recent weeks that did not result in casualties, the agency said. The weapons they allegedly used were also confiscated.
Read more: Jewish…
The parents of Elan Ganeles, an American-Israeli citizen killed in a terrorist attack near the Dead Sea, will bury their son in Israel rather than their hometown of West Hartford, Connecticut.
Ganeles, 26, who was visiting Israel to attend a friend’s wedding, had served in the IDF as a computer programmer before returning to the United States…