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01/15/2021
Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards fired “abundant” surface-to-surface ballistic missiles and tested locally manufactured new drones in a military exercise on Friday, state television reported.
The drill, which it said was overseen by Guards commander Major General Hossein Salamiin the central desert region, came in the waning days of...
01/14/2021
The Israel Defense Forces is drawing up plans for an attack on Iran’s nuclear program, the Israel Hayom daily reported Thursday in a front-page article.
The newspaper said that IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi has asked for three alternate proposals to derail Tehran’s program, without elaborating on them. It only indicated one of...
01/15/2021
'I am extremely excited to see these new arrivals in Israel,' Minister for Aliyah and Integration says
On Thursday morning, Israel welcomed another 162 Ethiopian Jews, members of the Falash Mura community, who landed in the Jewish state to make their aliyah -- immigration.
The newly-made Israelis made their way into the Jewish...
01/15/2021
Arresting officers found many firearms and munitions in the suspects' houses
Israeli security forces on Friday arrested two suspected Palestinian terrorists who last month opened fire on an Israel Defense Forces vehicle in the West Bank.
No one was hurt in the December 19 incident that saw the suspects flee after shooting at an...
01/13/2021
Coffee Break
Lesson 49
On November 14, 2012, Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense in response to a barrage of more than 150 rockets fired into Israel by terrorist organizations in Gaza in one day.
Israel’s main goal for the operation was to decrease the number of rocket attacks on Israeli civilians.
The operation began...
01/13/2021
Israel and the United Arab Emirates will allow visa-free travel between the countries, after the UAE ratified an agreement on the matter on Wednesday.
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said “the ratification of the agreement is a central element of the full and quick implementation of the many agreements being worked on these days...
01/13/2021
The Jerusalem Municipality’s Building and Planning committee approved plans for a new US embassy building in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion called it a “historic and exciting moment,” and that he thinks it will inspire other countries to move to the capital.
“After two years, we’re thrilled the local...
01/14/2021
'Israel’s defense industry is at the forefront of global technology,' Gantz says, hailing agreement
Israel and Slovakia are set to sign a defense agreement worth some €150 million, or over $182 million, Israel's Defense Ministry said Thursday.
In a press release, the ministry said that the Slovakian government has approved a...
01/13/2021
"Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”
That is the International Holocaust...
01/13/2021
Iran has taken a significant new step toward possible atomic-weapons production, starting work on an assembly line to manufacture a key material used at the core of nuclear warheads, the United Nations atomic agency said in a confidential report Wednesday, raising the stakes in Tehran’s standoff with Washington ahead of...
01/13/2021
The Israeli airstrikes against Iranian weapons and targets along the Syrian-Iraq border were based on intelligence provided by the United States, an American intelligence source told the Associated Press on Wednesday morning.
According to Syrian news reports, Israeli planes struck targets in the Deir Ezzor region of eastern Syria...
01/12/2021
Incident comes after Palestinian man pulls out a screwdriver at an Israeli checkpoint outside of Jerusalem
Israeli Border Police shot a terrorist attempting a stabbing attack at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron early Wednesday, Israel Police said.
The 22-year-old Palestinian suffered moderate injury to the lower body and was...
01/12/2021
Israeli tank returns fire at Hamas military post, military spokesperson says
Two rounds of sniper shots from the Gaza Strip were fired at an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit operating on the Israel-Gaza security barrier on Wednesday.
The force was operating since the early morning hours near Kibbutz Kissufim adjacent to the...
01/12/2021
EU member states are united in their concern over Iran’s announcement that it will begin enriching uranium up to 20%, they said in a statement released Tuesday.
“We deeply regret the worrying steps taken by Iran over the last two years,” the EU said. “The initiation of uranium enrichment to up to 20% by Iran at the underground...
01/12/2021
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed Tuesday that al Qaeda's number-two leader was killed last year in Iran, which Pompeo said has become the terror group's primary base of operations in recent years.
"Al Qaeda has a new home base: the Islamic Republic of Iran," Pompeo said during a small gathering at the National Press Club...
01/12/2021
The assailant, 51, pulled out a screwdriver after was prevented from entering Israel
A Palestinian suspect was apprehended Tuesday after attempting to stab a security guard at a checkpoint in the West Bank, approximately eight miles north of Jerusalem, Hebrew media reported.
The man, a 51-year-old Nablus resident, tried to cross...
01/11/2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to visit the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain as soon as possible after the current coronavirus lockdown ends, hopefully in late January or early February, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.
If that happens, his trip to the first two countries to join the Abraham Accords...
01/09/2021
For Agnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion, the fondest memory of her remarkable 100 years is simply that she has lived through it all.
The Holocaust survivor and winner of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics — including five golds — celebrates her 100th birthday on Saturday in her native Budapest, punctuating a life of...
01/11/2021
Israel's former ambassador to Egypt will take up his new position in Rabat
Israel's Foreign Ministry has selected a diplomat to reopen the Jewish state's liaison office in Morocco, an official said, weeks after the two countries normalized ties.
David Govrin, who was Israel's ambassador to Egypt from 2016 to 2020, will be the...
01/11/2021
Pompeo says move aims to hold group accountable for 'cross-border attacks threatening civilian populations'
The United States plans to designate the Yemeni Iran-linked Houthi rebelsas a foreign terrorist group, US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said Sunday.
"The designations are intended to hold Ansar Allah accountable for its...