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Iran

Iran threatens to ‘annihilate’ Israel, as Hezbollah boasts of reach of rockets

The head of the Iranian army on Saturday said Iranian forces were working to “annihilate” Israel and predicted they would achieve success within 25 years.

The threats from the Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi come amid almost daily warnings of conflict from Tehran and Jerusalem, heightened by an alleged Israeli strike...

President Trump
Hamas

Trump’s State Department no longer calls West Bank ‘occupied’ in annual Israel report

WASHINGTON — The US State Department released its annual report on human rights violations around the world on Friday, and there was at least one discernible difference from past reports: It no longer refers to the West Bank as “occupied.”

Whereas previous iterations of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices had a section on “Israel and...

Hamas

Palestinians fly swastika kite with petrol bomb across Gaza border into Israel

Palestinians at the Gaza border flew a kite marked with a swastika and carrying a petrol bomb into Israel on Friday.

The Israeli army posted photographs of the kite in the air and on the ground inside Israel.

An IDF spokesman, Jonathan Conricus, wrote: “Moments ago, terrorist Hamas sent a Molotov cocktail over the Gaza border into Israel. They...

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Mar 29 Brockton, MA Bilingual Stand With Israel

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Mar 28 New Bedford, MA Bilingual Stand With Israel

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Mar 25 Pace, FL Night to Honor Israel

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Mar 25 Garden Grove, CA Spanish Stand With Israel

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Israel Defense Force (IDF)

WATCH Aerobatics over Israel: A 360° pilot’s-eye view of 70th birthday flyover

Prime Minister Netanyahu
Jerusalem

Israeli PM Netanyahu: At Least Six States Considering Moving Embassies to Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that “at least half a dozen” countries were considering moving their embassies to Jerusalem following the US decision to do so.

US President Donald Trump announced in December that America recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The US Embassy is due to relocate to Jerusalem from Tel...

Syria

A Hard Lesson in Syria: Assad Can Still Gas His Own People

When Syria shipped what it claimed was the last of its chemical weapons out of the country in 2014, John Kerry, the secretary of state at the time, declared that it showed that skillful diplomacy could achieve far more than attacks on a few facilities.

“We struck a deal where we got 100 percent of the chemical weapons out,” he said a few weeks...

US-Israel Relationship

On 70th anniversary, Trump says US has ‘no better friends anywhere’ than Israel

WASHINGTON — The United States has “no better friends anywhere” than Israel, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday while congratulating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israelis on the country’s 70th anniversary.

“Best wishes to Prime Minister @Netanyahu and all of the people of Israel on the 70th Anniversary of your Great...

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Mar 25 Davis, CA Stand With Israel

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Mar 23 Modesto, CA Stand With Israel

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Mar 23 Los Angeles, CA Spanish Stand With Israel

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Mar 22 Covina, CA Stand with Israel

Yom Hazikron
Israel Defense Force (IDF)

What is Yom HaZikaron and how does Israel observe it

Yom HaZikaron is the day of national remembrance in Israel to commemorate all the soldiers and people who lost their lives during the struggle to defend the State of Israel. On this day we mourn and remember our fallen soldiers and all lives lost by terror. Yom HaZikaron, which goes by the Jewish calendar, begins with a siren at 8:00 in the...

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Mar 21 Temple City, CA Spanish Stand With Israel

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Mar 24 Sacramento, CA Stand With Israel

Yom Hazikron
Israeli Society

Israel prepares to remember 23,646 fallen soldiers and 3,134 terror victims

Israelis bowed their heads at 8 p.m. Tuesday for a minute of silence as sirens sound in remembrance the country’s fallen soldiers and terror victims.

In all, 71 new names were added over the past year to the roster of 23,646 who died defending the country. Thirty of those were disabled veterans who passed away due to complications from injuries...

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Mar 11 Rochester, NY Night To Honor Israel