Thursday, 8 June 2023 | The Israeli security establishment has begun intensive discussions on the possibility of conducting a widespread military operation in Judea and Samaria against Palestinian terror groups following the shooting attack on May 30, 2023, in which a 32-year-old civilian, Meir Tamari, was murdered near the community of Hermesh. The attack was
Continue Reading »Thursday, 8 June 2023 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with the establishment of diplomatic relations between Riyadh and Jerusalem on the agenda. Speaking at the 2023 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Summit (AIPAC) in Washington on Monday, Blinken said the Biden administration aimed to “achieve significant
Continue Reading »Thursday, 8 June 2023 | On June 7, 1981 at 4:00 p.m., 14 fighter jets departed from Etzion Airport in Israel. At approximately 5:30 p.m., they struck and destroyed the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq, successfully completing their mission. Twenty-two years before Operation Opera, Iraq—led by dictator Saddam Hussein––began building a nuclear facility. In the
Continue Reading »Thursday, 8 June 2023 | Most Israeli bands and performers would be happy to land a few gigs a month, but how many have clocked 500 performances in the past 14 months? Earlier this week, the Special in Uniform (SIU) Band of the Israel Defense Forces [IDF] rocked the popular Zappa Club in Tel Aviv
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 7 June 2023 | Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday played down Iran’s announcement it has developed a new hypersonic ballistic weapon, saying that Israel possesses the capabilities to neutralize such threats. “I hear our enemies boasting about their development of various weapons. However, we have a better response to every such threat, whether
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 7 June 2023 | Despite months of denials from the German company Siemens, the Zachor Legal Institute, an Israeli activist group, has now found the new business contract the German corporation signed with Turkey, agreeing to abide by the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Israel boycott policy. The deal for Siemens to create
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 7 June 2023 | Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai said on Tuesday that law enforcement would not be able to handle another outbreak of violence in the country similar to that which occurred in mixed Jewish–Arab cities in May 2021. Shabtai spoke at a Knesset [Parliament] State Control Committee hearing on lessons learned from
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 7 June 2023 | Foreign Minister Eli Cohen traveled to the Philippines on Monday, becoming the first Israeli top diplomat to do so in 56 years. During his visit to the capital of Manila, Cohen met with Filipino President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his counterpart Enrique Manalo. Israel and the Philippines are marking
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 6 June 2023 | Following Iran—a country that executes its citizens for “blasphemous” social-media posts—gaining leadership over a UN [United Nations] forum based on promoting human rights through technology, the Islamic regime in Tehran has now gained another position of influence within the international body dedicated to fostering peace: vice president of the General
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 6 June 2023 | There are several critical questions that the joint Israeli–Egyptian investigation into the deadly terrorist attack on the two countries’ shared border on Saturday must address. During the incident, which lasted several hours, three Israel Defense Forces [IDF] soldiers were killed by an Egyptian police officer. The first two were killed
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