First Female Arab Combat Soldier in IDF

Cpl. Elinor Joseph, a Christian Arab from Haifa, has completed an important stage of her combat training in the IDF’s Karakal Battalion – notable in that she is the first Arab female combat soldier in IDF history. Having grown up in a mixed Jewish-Arab neighborhood, she attended an Arab school and later to moved to […]

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AP Goes Soft on Hardcore ISM

The Associated Press whitewashes the real agenda of a radical anti-Israel group, portraying them as a bunch of youthful and peaceful idealists. Even after the debacle of the Gaza flotilla, the media continues to refer to terrorist sympathizers and anti-Israel provocateurs as “humanitarian organizations.” The media often presents these organizations as idealistic and charitable, concerned […]

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Obama Names Medicaid Chief Who Backs Anti-Israel Doctors

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Republicans, and some Democrats, are in an uproar over U.S. President Barack Obama’s naming a Medicare chief who backs socialized medicine—and an anti-Israel physicians’ group. The appointment of Donald Berwick, who is heavily involved in the anti-Israel Physicians for Human Rights organization, was made without going through the usual process of […]

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IDF Commandos Face Off Against US Navy SEALs on TV

by Hana Levi Julian An American television program pits the Navy SEALs against Israeli commandos this week in the season finale of Spike TV‘s “Deadliest Warrior.” The program, now ending its second season, features warriors from two different sides, faced off against each other in various scenarios. “We thought it would be a great finale because […]

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Charge: PA Pollution Ruins River

by Maayana Miskin Pollution from Palestinian Authority towns is ruining natural areas in the Binyamin region, and the Israeli government allows the situation to continue, members of the Binyamin Regional Council accused Monday. PA pollution is an issue even in areas under full Israeli control (Area C), they said. They named one area in particular that suffers […]

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Why Hasn’t Israel Bombed Iran?

by Bret Stephens   There are four theories as to why Netanyahu has not (yet) given the order to proceed. Why hasn’t Israel bombed Iran yet? It’s a question I often get from people who suppose I have a telepathic hotline to Benjamin Netanyahu’s brain. I don’t, but for a long time I was confident […]

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