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03/10/2021
Singapore security officials have arrested a 20-year-old serviceman for planning to carry out an attack on Jews outside a local synagogue.
Amirull Ali targeted Maghain Aboth Synagogue and had planned to travel to the Gaza Strip to join the military wing of Hamas, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said Singapore’s Ministry of Home...
03/10/2021
Army says no COVID-19 fatalities, only one severe case registered in its ranks since March 2020
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Thursday the completion of its COVID-19 coronavirus vaccination campaign for servicemen.
The IDF is the world's first military force -- and largest organization -- to finish its inoculation...
03/10/2021
Ben Gurion International Airport witnessed scenes of joy Thursday as approximately 300 new Ethiopian immigrants arrived on the ninth and final "Rock of Israel" rescue flight.
The first flight landed in December, following the Israeli government's approval for the Aliyah (immigration) of 2,000 Jewish Ethiopians - many of whom had...
03/10/2021
Jerusalem and Riyadh are in advanced talks for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on his first official visit to the United Arab Emirates tomorrow, public broadcaster Kan reported Wednesday evening.
According to the Israeli channel, the meeting could be held at the same time as Netanyahu...
03/10/2021
A bipartisan group of congressional legislators sent a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday insisting that any agreement the Biden administration makes with Iran “must comprehensively address” the Islamic Republic’s burgeoning nuclear program, ballistic-missile program and its continued funding of terrorism.
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03/10/2021
PM said set to meet Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed in long-postponed trip days before elections
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to head to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday with his first official visit, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.
According to the reports, the PM is set to meet with the...
03/09/2021
This year, Christians United for Israel, one of the most powerful voices for Israel in the United States, marked its 15th anniversary.
“We could never have imagined CUFI would achieve so much, so quickly. But God has blessed us because we are fulfilling our biblical mandate to stand with Israel and His Chosen people,” Pastor John...
03/09/2021
The US State Department on Tuesday blacklisted two Iranian officials from Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing them of their involvement in human rights violations during 2019 and 2020 protests in Iran.
IRGC interrogators Ali Hemmatian and Masoud Safdari and their immediate family members are now ineligible for entry...
03/09/2021
New subject: religious values and verses that have the same meaning in the three Abrahamic religions
Egypt's Education Ministry recently approved the teaching of a new school subject: religious values and verses that have the same meaning in the three Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam, according...
03/09/2021
BDS groups in Europe and North America took part in an event with theIranian regime, leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist groups earlier this year.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh praised the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions organizations in his address at the Tehran event, saying: “We see good results to the work of...
03/09/2021
Plans to connect Israel, Cyprus and Greece with a 2,000 megawatt undersea electricity cable took a key step forward on Monday, when the three countries signed an agreement to speed up technical work on the project.
Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides hosted a ceremony in the capital Nicosia on Monday with her Israeli counterpart...
03/08/2021
Israeli soldiers thwarted Monday night an incendiary attack by Palestinians in the Bethlehem region in the West Bank.
“Israel Defense Forces (IDF) identified a short while ago two suspects hurling Molotov cocktails toward Israeli vehicles passing on a road nearby the town of al-Khader,” an IDF spokesperson said in a statement.
“IDF...
03/08/2021
Hezbollah says another drone forced back into Lebanese territory earlier in the afternoon
The Lebanese army fired a surface-to-air missile at an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Monday night that hovered over Lebanon’s airspace, Lebanon's Al-Manar TV reported.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) UAV was flying near the town of...
03/08/2021
Utah has become the latest U.S. state to pass legislation targeting the anti-Israel BDS movement.
The bill sponsored by Utah State Sen. Daniel Hemmert and State Rep. Joel Ferry, known as the Anti-Boycott Israel Amendments, prohibits a government entity from contracting with a person that boycotts the State of Israel.
The...
03/07/2021
In a clear signal to Iran, a United States Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” bomber flew over the Persian Gulf, before the plane was spotted in Israeli airspace heading back to its base in the US. It was escorted by Israeli Air Force F-15s as it passed over Israel.
It was the seventh mission into CENTCOM’s area of operation in the...
03/07/2021
According to the report, the attack was carried out through a local Shiite unit
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Al-Quds Force is allegedlyresponsible for the explosion outside of the Israeli embassy in New Delhi in late January, according to an investigation by India’s counterterrorism agencies.
The investigation...
03/07/2021
Iran’s Defense Minister threatened on Sunday to “raze” the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa “to the ground” if the Jewish state launches a preemptive attack against the Islamic Republic.
According to Iranian media outlets, Amir Hatami also played down the chances of direct hostilities breaking out between the two countries,...
03/07/2021
The United States will do what it views as necessary to defend its interests after a rocket attack against Iraq's Ain al-Sada airbase, which hosts American, coalition and Iraqi forces, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Sunday.
Speaking on ABC's "This Week" program, Austin said the United States was urging Iraq to quickly...
03/07/2021
Xiyue Wang, a Princeton graduate student who was wrongfully imprisoned by Iran’s regime between 2016-2019, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday he met an Iranian Jew in Tehran's Evin prison who was incarcerated for his stay in Israel.
Wang said the Iranian Jew who “went to Israel” was “given a 10 year sentence” when he returned to...
03/02/2021
Saudi-Israel peace is a shared objective of the US and Saudi Arabia, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said Monday.
“We seek to accomplish a great deal with the Saudis to end the war in Yemen and ease Yemen’s humanitarian crisis, to use our leadership to forge ties across the region’s most bitter divides, whether that’s...
