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While the pearl clutchers continue to rail against investing in joint military defense for Israel, and by extension America, there should be a larger conversation about why such defenses are so essential; especially in Israel’s north. In 2006, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 required the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to disarm...
The plea deal, under which Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji, who admitted to charges related to the 2023 death of a 69-year-old Jewish man near Los Angeles, gets probation and a year in jail, is “woefully inadequate,” according to Joshua Burt, a regional director of the Anti-Defamation League.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, executive secretary of the Hague Group, seemed to think that she was speaking confidentially during a webinar last Thursday, during which she said that the “Hague Group and South Africa and Colombia’s co-chairs are advised by a variety of Palestinian organizations,” from “Al Haq to Al-Shabaka, both based in Ramallah,...
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington is calling on a local school district in Maryland to adopt a “zero tolerance policy” toward antisemitism following what it described as a recent wave of anti-Jewish incidents across its schools.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Continuing to expand its local defense industry, Turkey unveiled its first domestically developed intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of up to 6,000 km., putting most of Europe, Africa, and much of Asia in its crosshairs.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The Metropolitan Police said on Thursday that they were investigating reports that a vehicle drove toward and endangered Jewish school children on April 20.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Israel is in “full coordination” with Washington on Iran and is preparing for all possible scenarios, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday as he convened his Security Cabinet.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Defense Forces struck Beirut on Wednesday night for the first time in nearly a month, eliminating the commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, the military said on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The White House reportedly believes it is nearing a one-page memorandum of understanding with Iran aimed at permanently ending the war and laying out a framework for monthlong talks on the regime’s nuclear program.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Damascus thwarted a plot by a Hezbollah-affiliated cell to assassinate government officials, the Syrian Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday night.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Israeli troops thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons into the country “from the west” via a drone, the military said on Wednesday.
Surveillance units identified the drone on Tuesday night as it entered Israeli airspace. Soldiers intercepted the aircraft and recovered four “M-16-type” rifles it was carrying.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Anti-Zionist protesters scuffled with police, chanted for Israel’s destruction and expressed support for terrorist groups at a demonstration in New York City on Tuesday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Two Israeli soldiers were wounded on Wednesday afternoon when a Hezbollah suicide drone exploded near them during operations in Southern Lebanon.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The United States and Iran are closing in on a one-page memo to end their war, a Pakistani source involved in the peace efforts told Reuters on Wednesday, confirming an Axios report citing two US officials.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
London police said Tuesday that Counter Terrorism police were investigating a new arson incident targeting the Jewish community after a blaze at a former synagogue.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The southern Israeli city of Ashdod on Monday night opened public bomb shelters, as tensions between the Iranian regime and the United States continue to rise.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists on Monday launched a “suspicious aerial target” toward Israel Defense Forces soldiers deployed in Southern Lebanon, the military said.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Jewish New Yorkers were targeted in 59% of the total hate crimes reported and confirmed in the city in April, including 60% of confirmed incidents and 58% of reported ones, according to New York City Police Department data.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Iran fired over a dozen missiles and several drones at the United Arab Emirates on Monday, renewing attacks on the Gulf state for the first time since a fragile ceasefire took hold last month.
Read more: The Times of Israel
A Hezbollah lawmaker on Sunday said that the terror group will be able to “thwart” the objectives of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, as the Iranian proxy fired several rockets and drones at IDF troops operating across the border despite a declared ceasefire.
Read more: The Times of Israel