Thursday, 13 January 2022 | Naftali Bennett, appearing for the first time as prime minister before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday, described Iran as an “octopus that constantly threatens Israel.” He said Israel is shifting to “consistent offense and not just consistent defense.” Analysts who spoke with JNS said Bennett’s remarks
Continue Reading »Thursday, 13 January 2022 | A representative from Hamas’s military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, made an extraordinary claim in a video this week, stating that the terrorist organization discovered a dolphin trained by the Israel Defense Forces [IDF] to track Hamas naval forces, according to a report by i24news on Wednesday. Citing the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 12 January 2022 | A Palestinian terrorist rammed his vehicle at a number of Israel Defense Forces [IDF] soldiers near the Israeli community of Halamish, north of Ramallah, in the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] on Tuesday. An IDF soldier sustained moderate injuries in the attack and was evacuated to the hospital by an
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 12 January 2022 | On January 3, 2020, a US drone assassinated Gen. Qassam Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, in Baghdad. Amid the anniversary of his death, Iran and its proxies—particularly terrorist groups in and around Israel—continue to mourn and lament the loss of Soleimani, a champion of the Palestinian
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 12 January 2022 | The military said on Tuesday it will ask health authorities to shorten soldiers’ coronavirus quarantine period amid fears the massive surge in Omicron cases may sabotage the IDF’s [Israel Defense Forces’] operational capabilities. According to the military, at least 5,000 soldiers are currently classified as active COVID patients, of whom
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 12 January 2022 | For two years now, since the outbreak of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, hotels in Israel have seen dramatic drops in stays by incoming tourists; tour guides have lost most, if not all, of their business; and restaurants and other business owners who rely heavily on visitor traffic have suffered catastrophic
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 11 January 2022 | Israel is not bound to any potential agreements that arise out of the ongoing Vienna talks, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told a Knesset (Parliament) committee yesterday. Israel is “certainly concerned” about the nuclear talks, Bennett said in his first appearance before the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. “It is important
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 11 January 2022 | Last week, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid warned that Israel will face increasing allegations that it is an apartheid state in 2022, with the foreign minister saying that he fears that opponents of Israel will attempt to target Israel’s involvement in sporting and cultural events. “The concern from the foreign
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 11 January 2022 | Israeli lawmakers welcomed the launch of the Abraham Accords Caucus this week in Congress. The new caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington will be launched as a bipartisan initiative by Democrats and Republicans in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both caucuses will work with associated countries to
Continue Reading »Monday, 10 January 2022 | Two years after Iran’s top spymaster and terrorist organizer was assassinated by the United States, his replacement has threatened revenge against the Americans from “within their own homes.” Iranian Quds Force head Brig.–Gen. Esmail Ghaani, in comments quoted by the Iranian Tasnim news agency and republished by Fox News, implied
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