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In The News

Israeli-Made Drones To Assist In Norwegian Rescue Missions In The Arctic

Israeli-made drones will take part in rescue missions in glaciers and fjords in the Arctic Circle of northern Norway. After going through various flight tests last year, the drones were approved for participating in the rescue missions by NPAID, the world's leading arctic rescue unit.

Produced by Atlas Dynamics, the drones are equipped with...

Israeli Technology

Israel’s New Spy Satellite Beams Back Its First Photos…

Israel’s newest spy satellite began beaming back its first pictures on Monday night, a week after it was launched into orbit, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

“A week after its successful launch into space, engineering teams… activated the Ofek-16 reconnaissance satellite’s cameras for the first time last night and downloaded initial...

Iran

Iran Executes Former Defense Staffer Accused Of Selling Secrets To CIA

The Iranian judiciary announced on Tuesday that it had executed a former defense ministry staffer who sold information to the CIA, reported Reuters.

According to the report, based on Iranian news sources, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said that Reza Asgari had worked for the defense ministry for many years when he developed...

Israel Defense Force (IDF)

Israel Air Force Opens New Special Forces Wing

The Israeli Air Force on Sunday opened a new Special Force Wing (Wing 7) that will include the Air Force’s special forces, Unit 669 and Shaldag as well as other units to increase the operational effectiveness of the IAF.

The opening ceremony took place at the Palmahim Air Force base in central Israel in the presence of IAF Commander Maj.-Gen....

Hezbollah

Israeli Research Center Finds 28 New Hezbollah Missile Launch Sites

There are at least 28 missile launching sites belonging to Hezbollah in civilian areas in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, a report by ALMA Research and Education Center has found.

The report found that the never-before-published sites concentrated mainly in Hezbollah-dominated areas of Beirut are related to the launch, storage and production of...

Antisemitism

Eagles’ DeSean Jackson Accepts Holocaust Survivor Edward Mosberg’s Invite To Visit Auschwitz

DeSean Jackson accepted an invitation to visit Auschwitz during a Zoom call Friday with a 94-year-old survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, according to the Jerusalem Post.

The wide receiver was disciplined by the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday for conduct detrimental to the team for his social media posts, which included an anti-Semitic message...

In The News

Israel Will Always Be A Jewish State

It is not surprising that at a time when nearly all the American values that have served our nation for generations are being rejected upon the flimsiest and most dangerous of theories, an Upper West Side pundit named Peter Beinart  would  throw Israel into that woke cauldron of mayhem and destruction. What is surprising is that anyone cares; that...

Event Recaps

Pastors & Ministry Leaders Luncheon June 13 – Zaraphath, NJ

Holocaust

Banknote Helps Holocaust Survivor Reunite With Soldier Who Liberated Her

The great-grandson of Auschwitz survivor Lily Ebert, Dov Forman, 16, shared an interesting story about how the family's matriarch reunited with the soldier who liberated her.

Forman said that his great-grandmother showed him an Allied military authorities' (Alliierte Militärbehörde) banknote inscribed with a hopeful message. A message that also...

Iran

US Military Convoy Attacked in Iraq By Pro-Iranian Militia

A US military convoy was ambushed in southwestern Iraq on Saturday, as gunmen attacked and torched three large trucks carrying equipment and logistical materials for US forces in the country, according to London-based daily Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

The trucks were traveling from Basra when they were targeted between Diwaniya and Samawah. Gunmen forced...

Antisemitism

University of Wisconsin Hillel Discovers ‘Free Palestine’ Spray-Painted on Building

The outside of the Hillel building at the University of Wisconsin in Madison was vandalized on Tuesday, according to the organization.

The words “Free Palestine” appeared on the concrete structure that welcomes people to the building, also known as the Barbara Hochberg Center for Jewish Student Life.

“We view this act of vandalism as targeting...

Hamas

Senior Hamas Commander Flees Gaza Aboard IDF Boat

A senior Hamas commander escaped from the Gaza Strip aboard an Israel Defense Forces boat on Saturday.

The commander, from Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, is said to have commanded the terrorist organization’s naval commando unit, and is suspected in the Gaza Strip of collaborating with Israel, reported Israel’s Channel...

Antisemitism

DeSean Jackson Accepts Fellow NFL Wide Receiver Julian Edelman’s Invite to Learn More About Holocaust

New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman got a positive response from fellow NFL player DeSean Jackson after the Jewish athlete offered to educate the latter about the Holocaust.

On Thursday, Edelman, whose father is Jewish, invited the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver to go with him to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in...

Antisemitism

Dozens of Graves in Europe’s Oldest Jewish Cemetery Vandalized, Desecrated

Dozens of graves in what is believed to be the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe were vandalized and desecrated last week, the European Jewish Association (EJA) said on Sunday, according to multiple media reports.

The graves were in Heiliger Sand, the Jewish cemetery in Worms, Germany. The community in the city, renowned for counting the famous...

Turkey

Turkey’s President Formally Makes Hagia Sophia a Mosque

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday formally reconverted Istanbul’s sixth-century iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open to Muslim worship, hours after a high court annulled a 1934 decision that had turned it into a museum.

The decision to reconvert Hagia Sophia — a former cathedral that was turned into a mosque after...

Iran

Iran Sought Illegal Goods For Nuke Program – German Federal Intel

Iran’s regime made efforts to secure illicit goods for its nuclear program, adding new urgency to the crisis surrounding Tehran's alleged atomic weapons activity, the domestic intelligence service of the Federal Republic of Germany disclosed in its new report on Thursday.

According to the intelligence document reviewed by The Jerusalem Post, “In...

Iran

Multiple Explosions Heard West of Tehran, Triggering Sirens, Power Outage

Sirens, power outages reporteafter explosion rocks area west of Tehran, allegedly in IRGC military base

A series of explosions were reported west of Tehran early on Friday, according to media sources.
Iranian state run confirmed reports of an explosion, yet divulged no more information. The Iranian Mehr News Agency also reported explosions in...

Turkey

Turkey Lashes Out At New US Support For Cyprus

Turkey is lashing out at the United States as Washington moves closer to providing Cyprus with military aid as the disputed island nation develops closer energy ties with Israel.
The Turkish reaction came after the US Embassy in Cyprus said Wednesday that the United States planned to provide international military education and training to the...

Hezbollah

Pompeo Says US to Prevent Iranian Oil Shipments to Hezbollah

We’ll do everything we can to make sure that Iran cannot continue to sell crude oil anywhere,' Pompeo said

The US will not allow Iran to ship oil to Lebanon's Hezbollah, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced at Wednesday's press conference.
"We’ll do everything we can to make sure that Iran cannot continue to sell crude oil anywhere,...

Holocaust

Memorial Dedicated to Albanians Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust

A memorial to Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, established jointly by the US and Albania, was dedicated on Thursday, with the US ambassador to Albania calling the country’s legacy of rescuing Jews “an inspiring story of humanity, courage, and honor.”

The memorial in the Grand Park of Tirana was established by the US Commission for...