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03/17/2021
WASHINGTON - Christians United for Israel (CUFI), published a full-page ad in six West Virginia newspapers this week, urging state residents to contact Senator Joe Manchin and ask him to oppose the nomination of Colin Kahl to serve as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy.
The ads feature an op-ed from CUFI’s West Virginia State...
03/16/2021
Israeli military strikes were reportedly launched at targets located near the Syrian capital of Damascus, state media said late Tuesday night.
It remains unclear if any casualties resulted in the reported attack.
Israel maintains a policy of ambiguity regarding regional military operations and has not commented on the development....
03/16/2021
After significant upgrades, Israel’s famed Iron Dome missile-defense system successfully and simultaneously intercepted a barrage of rockets and drones in a recent round of tests.
The news comes as the IDF warns of a possible new confrontation with Hezbollah in Lebanon, where the Iranian-backed terrorist group is constantly...
03/16/2021
A perfectly preserved large woven basket dating back some 10,500 years was unearthed in the Judean Desert, the Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday.
Experts believe the artifact is probably the oldest of its kind ever uncovered. It was excavated in a Judean Desert cave by the IAA in cooperation with the Civil Administration’s...
03/16/2021
A 2,000-year-old biblical scroll has been unearthed in the Judean desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday. The groundbreaking discovery marks the first time that such an artifact has been uncovered in decades, since the time of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The two dozen fragments were found in a cave in the Judean...
03/16/2021
Israel is on the way to making peace with four more countries in the region, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.
“One of the leaders in the region” had called him on Monday night, and they spoke for 45 minutes, he said.
Netanyahu rebuffed accusations that he did not attend a planned Likud event in Ashkelon on Monday...
03/04/2021
Iranian militia groups claim to have active cells of operatives stationed in Washington, D.C., and other U.S. cities, according to chatter in online forums used by these groups.
Kawtheryoon Electronic Team, a Telegram network used by Iranian militia groups and supporters, claimed in a recent posting that Iranian "resistance cells...
03/15/2021
Israeli missile boats join guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey for maneuvers in Mediterranean
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the US Navy conducted joint patrols in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the US military said on Monday.
According to the press release, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey and Israeli...
03/16/2021
Two rockets hit near base, causing no reported injury, while five miss mark, hitting village closeby
Seven rockets targeted an air base in Iraq holding US troops Monday, according to a security source that spoke to AFP.
Two rockets made it outside al-Balad base, north of Baghdad, but no casualties or structural damage was...
03/16/2021
Iran has unveiled a new “missile city” which includes a massive amount of missiles and munitions.
It is allegedly located near the sea and provides easy access for Iran’s anti-ship ballistic missiles. Iran has claimed new anti-ship capabilities since last October and reports in January appeared to confirm these capabilities with...
03/16/2021
IDF troops stopped an attempted terrorist attack in the West Bank settlement of Beit El late Monday night, according to the IDF Spokesperson.
The soldiers identified three suspects throwing Molotov cocktails at houses and worked to apprehend them, using live fire as required.
Two suspects were said to have been hit by the...
03/14/2021
Kosovo opened an embassy to Israel for the first time on Sunday, making it the third country with an embassy currently in Jerusalem.
"A truly proud and historic moment for Kosovo-Israel relations," Kosovar Ambassador Ines Demiri tweeted. "The greatest honor of my life is to have this opportunity to open the embassy and proudly...
03/15/2021
Israel will come under an onslaught of 2,000 rockets and missiles every day during a future war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, OC Home Front Command Maj.-Gen. Uri Gordin warned on Monday.
Speaking at the B’Sheva Conference in Jerusalem, Gordin said that some 2,000 rockets and missiles will be fired at Israel every day and will...
03/12/2021
A prominent pro-Israel group is launching a targeted ad campaign calling on Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W. Va.) to oppose Pentagon nominee Colin Kahl, citing Kahl’s "antagonism" toward Israel and "disturbing" positions on Iran.
The series of ads will run in six West Virginia newspapers early next week, ahead of the Senate Armed...
03/13/2021
Gantz praises new weapon that contends 'with enemies hidden within civilian, urban environments'
Israel’s R&D branch in the Ministry of Defense and Elbit Systems revealed Sunday the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) new Iron Sting -- a network of precise fire systems set to “revolutionize ground warfare.”
The Iron Sting is a 120...
03/12/2021
Nearly 300 new immigrants from Ethiopia landed on Thursday at Ben-Gurion International Airport on the ninth and final flight of “Operation Tzur Israel” (“Operation Rock of Israel”), launched last December after the Israeli government approved the aliyah of 2,000 members from the Ethiopian community.
Among those who arrived are 893...
03/13/2021
The prime ministers of Israel, Hungary and the Czech Republic met in Jerusalem on Thursday for a summit on the research, development and production of COVID-19 vaccines.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also held a working meeting with their...
03/13/2021
Federal police in Brazil raided the church whose pastor had prayed with congregants for another Holocaust.
Friday’s raid in Rio de Janeiro was part of an operation titled “Shalom” by the federal police against Tupirani da Hora Lores, who heads the Pentecostal Generation Jesus Christ Church, Globo reported. Police confiscated...
03/11/2021
Palestinian man taken into custody for further questioning
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) apprehended Friday a Palestinian suspect who infiltrated into Israel from the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
After interrogating him at the scene, the troops found out that he carried three hand grenades with him and left them in a field...