Tuesday, 7 March 2023 | Sundown last night ushered in Purim, the Feast of Esther, when the Jewish people celebrate the miracle of their survival from genocide while living in exile in Persia, as described in the book of Esther. As Queen Esther’s cousin Mordecai prescribed in the book, Purim is celebrated every year on
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 7 March 2023 | Svetlana threw open the front door and bounded down the stairs to meet her friend, Luki. “Come!” she exclaimed, grabbing Luki’s hand and leading her the last few steps into the apartment. “Come see everything they brought.” Standing in the middle of the living room that was starkly bare hours
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 7 March 2023 | The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said on Monday that it busted a Hamas terrorist ring in Turkey planning attacks against the Jewish state. Four Palestinian students from the other side of Israel’s Green Line [the cease-fire line established in 1949 separating Israel from the Jordanian-held West Bank] were arrested.
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 7 March 2023 | Alleged Israeli airstrikes shut down the airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early on Tuesday morning, according to Syrian state media. “At 2:07 a.m. on Tuesday, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial act of aggression from the direction of the Mediterranean, west of Lattakia, targeting Aleppo International
Continue Reading »Monday, 6 March 2023 | On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to rebuke the head of the United Nations [UN] nuclear watchdog and threaten Iran militarily—all in one comment. While visiting Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi on Saturday called attacks on nuclear facilities illegal, according to a report
Continue Reading »Monday, 6 March 2023 | Hungary is reportedly preparing to move its embassy to Jerusalem next month, although the European country’s president said that no official decision has been made. Zman Israel reported on Friday that Hungary would become the first European Union [EU] member state to open an embassy in Israel’s capital. Senior Israeli
Continue Reading »Monday, 6 March 2023 | Lebanese media reported an altercation between Lebanese military troops and the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] on the Israel–Lebanon border, which included a heated exchange between the commanding officers of both sides. The incident took place while the Israeli forces were marking the boundary line between the countries. Border marking is
Continue Reading »Monday, 6 March 2023 | An Israeli medical delegation visited Germany recently to train the staff of a major Berlin hospital in how to continue operating in wartime, and in particular during missile attacks. The German government had reached out to the Sheba Tel-HaShomer Medical Center requesting such training as fears of the Ukraine war
Continue Reading »Friday, 3 March 2023 | Iran is seeking to acquire advanced S-400 air defense systems from Russia, which the top brass in Jerusalem believes will tighten the window to strike the Islamic regime’s nuclear program, Bloomberg reported, citing “people familiar with the matter.” Russia has not yet publicly confirmed whether it will provide the systems
Continue Reading »Friday, 3 March 2023 | The Israeli Defense Ministry and the US Department of Defense [DoD] this week convened the annual US–Israel Defense Acquisition Advisory Group in the Jewish state. Maj. Gen. (res.) Eyal Zamir, the ministry’s director general, hosted the American delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William
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