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02/01/2021
In yet another step to improve Israel’s air defense system, the Defense Ministry announced on Monday that it has successfully completed a series of tests in the upgraded Iron Dome weapon system.
The test was conducted by Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), in the Directorate for Defense R&D of the Defense Ministry, and…
02/03/2021
An IDF surveillance drone was targeted by anti-aircraft missile fire over southern Lebanon on Wednesday but was not hit, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.
The IDF claimed that the drone was conducting routine surveillance operations over the area – Israel regularly patrols Lebanese skies – and completed its mission as planned.
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02/02/2021
The Biden administration has said it will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism, a key tool in fighting anti-Semitism at home and abroad.
While addressing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kara…
02/02/2021
The threat emanated from Brussels barely a day after Kosovo and Israel finalized diplomatic relations — over Zoom due to the coronavirus pandemic — and the latter’s Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, confirmed that he had received and accepted a petition from Pristina to open the diplomatic mission in Jerusalem.
Peter Stano, the…
02/02/2021
No weapons found on captured trespasser, IDF detains him for questioning
Israeli soldiers caught a man crossing the border from the southern Gaza Strip late Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
A tweet by the IDF’s spokesperson unit said the suspect had no weapon and was questioned on site.
The incident…
02/01/2021
Israel’s embassy in Guatemala on Sunday finished its Guatelinda housing project in the town of Escuintla for families that lost homes in the 2018 Fuego volcano eruption.
The blast killed more than 190 people in the Central American country.
Matty Cohen, Israel’s ambassador to Guatemala and Honduras, personally handed over the…
02/01/2021
Kosovan FM dubs occasion ‘a golden page in the history of the people of Kosovo’
Israel and Kosovo officially cemented their agreement to normalize ties on Monday, with the European state to become the first Muslim-majority nation to establish an embassy in Jerusalem.
Due to the…
01/31/2021
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit the Arab Gulf next month, making official trips to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain sometime in mid-February, Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 reported on Sunday.
According to the report, Netanyahu is expected to spend a day in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi meeting…
02/01/2021
The new and upgraded version of the Iron Dome is expected to be delivered to the IAF for operational use
The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems completed a successful series of flight tests of the Iron Dome air defense system on Monday.
The test was conducted at a base in central Israel…
01/30/2021
A Moroccan delegation is expected to visit Israel by the end of February, and an Israeli one to visit the North-African kingdom – as long as COVID-19 infections rates in Israel do not rise.
The decision was reached during a Friday conversation between National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser…
01/29/2021
‘Recognition by Israel is one of the greatest achievements for Kosovo,’ FM Haradinaj-Stublla says
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla announced Friday an official ceremony to cement the country’s diplomatic relations with Israelwill be held on February 1, news agency Associated Press (AP) reported.
The ceremony…
01/29/2021
An explosion occurred near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, India, Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday.
“Initial impressions suggest a mischievous attempt to create a sensation,” the statement said.
There were no casualties and no damage was caused to the embassy building, the ministry said. The explosion damaged the…
01/28/2021
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in “complete shock,” lawyers said.
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was the main suspect in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Pearl, was released by…
01/27/2021
Israel and Sudan will finalize a diplomatic deal to normalize relations at a signing ceremony in Washington in the next three months, Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said on Wednesday.
There was no immediate comment from Sudanese officials or from the US embassy in Israel.
Sudan’s civilian government has said the deal…
01/28/2021
Commander of CENTCOM, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, was scheduled to arrive in Israel on Thursday for talks with IDF top brass about Iran and other regional challenges.
McKenzie’s arrival – he is scheduled to spend one day in Israel – is the first high-level visit by a top American official since Joe Biden was sworn in as president last…
01/27/2021
Israel’s mission is to ensure the Jewish people will never be defenseless against those who seek to destroy it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
“We remember this darkest chapter in human history, when a European country decided to adopt a policy and a program to…
01/24/2021
Israeli and United Arab Emirates (UAE) ministers agreed Sunday to initiate a student exchange program, according to a press release from Israel’s Education Ministry.
The student exchange program comes following a normalization agreement between the two countries, leading to cooperation in a wide variety of areas of mutual…
01/26/2021
The Israeli Liaison Office in Morocco reopened on Tuesday when former ambassador to Egypt David Govrin arrived in Rabat. It had been closed for 20 years.
The Israeli Consulate in Dubai also opened, two days after the Israeli Embassy in the United Arab Emirates opened in Abu Dhabi, the capital.
“The arrival of the heads of…