Friday, 27 January 2023 | The decision by Israeli security forces to conduct a large-scale counter-terrorism operation in Jenin during daylight hours on Thursday was unusual, reflecting the urgent need to prevent a major terror plot from moving ahead. That plot, according to security sources, involved a Palestinian Islamic Jihad [PIJ] attack against Israelis to
Continue Reading »Friday, 27 January 2023 | Today the world marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day to commemorate the six million Jews and other people murdered by the Nazis during World War II. The international commemoration takes place each year on January 27, the same date in 1945 in which the infamous Auschwitz death camp was liberated
Continue Reading »Friday, 27 January 2023 | The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] on Friday carried out strikes against targets in Gaza, including an underground rocket production facility, the military said. Explosions were seen in the southern and central Gaza Strip after rocket fire directed at southern Israel and intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. It
Continue Reading »Friday, 27 January 2023 | “The history matters here,” noted the BBC’s Jerusalem correspondent, Tom Bateman, in a report on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operation in the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] city of Jenin on Thursday that resulted in the deaths of nine Palestinians—eight of them men affiliated with terror groups, one of
Continue Reading »Thursday, 26 January 2023 | The Israel Air Force [IAF] is training its helicopter pilots to deal with extreme scenarios not only at the operational level but also at the cognitive level, according to IAF Maj. L. On January 22, the IAF launched its “Staging Threat” exercise for helicopter squadrons. The exercise, which will run
Continue Reading »Thursday, 26 January 2023 | Germany announced Tuesday its intention to relaunch the investigation into the killing of 11 Israelis by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Germany said the archives will be reexamined and investigated by Israeli and German historians. In a meeting held in Tel Aviv between Israeli families of the victims
Continue Reading »Thursday, 26 January 2023 | Esther Cohen was born in 1930 in Würzburg, Germany as Else Karola Sichel. Her family fled before the Holocaust and she subsequently joined the Haganah [Jewish underground defense force] militia and later the IDF’s [Israel Defense Forces] canine division, the Oketz Unit. “I remember the Nazi rise to power and
Continue Reading »Thursday, 26 January 2023 | Elements of ancient Jerusalem’s fortifications and a mysterious hand imprint carved in the rock were uncovered at the Israel Antiquities Authority [IAA] excavations in Jerusalem. The archaeological excavations were carried out along the main Sultan Suleiman Street that runs adjacent to the city walls. A deep defensive moat that surrounded
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 25 January 2023 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Jordan on Tuesday to meet with King Abdullah II in a visit that was only publicized after the fact. In their first public meeting since 2018, Netanyahu and the king “discussed regional issues, especially strategic, security and economic cooperation between Israel and Jordan,
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 25 January 2023 | Early this morning, President Herzog left Ben Gurion Airport, bound for Brussels. His two-day trip will include several high-level meetings today and will culminate in his keynote address to the European Union’s parliament as it observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday. His Majesty King Philippe will welcome President Herzog
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