Tuesday, 24 January 2023 | The Israel Defense Forces [IDF] and US Central Command [CENTCOM] on Monday launched Exercise Juniper Oak 2023, which is taking place in Israel and the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The drills will include a live-fire event with more than 140 aircraft including B-52s, F-35s, F-15s, F-16s, F/A-18s, AC-130 Hercules transports, AH-64
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 24 January 2023 | The Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization has built more than 20 observation and guard posts along the Israel–Lebanon border over the past year. According to UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War between the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] and Hezbollah, the terrorist group is forbidden from
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 24 January 2023 | For the second year running, the UN’s World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has designated a group of small villages from around the world as important global tourist sites. In 2022, there were 136 nominations from 57 countries. And Israel’s Kfar Kama was one of just 32 chosen from 18 countries! Kfar
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 24 January 2023 | Keeping true to its moniker of “the Start-Up Nation,” Israel saw more than double the number of new companies in 2022 compared to 2021. A record-breaking 142,100 new companies registered with the Israel Tax Authority in 2022, i24NEWS reported, compared to 64,900 in 2021—a 100% increase. The CEO of Keren
Continue Reading »Monday, 23 January 2023| Police arrested a 13-year-old Palestinian teen in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday on suspicion that he planned to carry out a terrorist attack using a knife he was carrying with him. Officers walking the beat around the historical quarter alongside Border Police forces approached and stopped the teen who acted suspiciously.
Continue Reading »Monday, 23 January 2023 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the United States “genuinely” seeks to reach an understanding with Israel with regard to the threat posed by Iran. In his opening remarks to the Security Cabinet, Netanyahu said that last week’s visit to Israel by US National Security Advisor Jake
Continue Reading »Monday, 23 January 2023 | The US administration does not have a new peace plan that it intends to offer the Palestinians and Israel other than a general idea based on a two-state solution. President [Joe] Biden understands that this idea is not realistic at present and prefers to focus on managing the conflict. This
Continue Reading »Monday, 23 January 2023 | Using state-of-the-art digital imaging techniques, researchers have concluded that the “Mesha Stele,” which dates to the ninth century BC and bears a Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha of Moab, does indeed contain a reference to the biblical King David. The finding is the latest development in a
Continue Reading »Friday, 20 January 2023 | Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen accepted an invitation from his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, to visit Kyiv after the two had a phone conversation yesterday. This will be the first visit of a top Israeli official to Ukraine since Russia invaded last February, officials from both countries told the Times
Continue Reading »Friday, 20 January 2023 | Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen commended the European Parliament on Wednesday for calling on the European Union to add Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) to its terror list. “Iran is a terrorist state that exports terrorism to the Middle East, Europe and the entire world,” said Cohen. “The introduction
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