Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has succumbed to fears of a revolution and announced Saturday the appointment of intelligence chief Omar Suleiman as his first-ever vice president. He also dismissed his cabinet. Suleiman has been a prominent figure in diplomatic ties with Israel and often has acted as a broker in talks between Israel and the […]
The Middle East was meant to be the crowning achievement of the Obama Doctrine. Once in the White House, President Obama focused laser-like on a “charm offensive” with Iran. When voices rose against the regime in Tehran in the wake of a disputed national election, Obama offered virtually no support for the cries for freedom. […]
In his State of the Union address to Congress, President Obama acknowledged the problems of massive deficit spending and mounting debt and offered a general plan that he said would restore fiscal health. It includes cuts to the defense budget. With two ongoing wars, numerous asymmetrical threats to our security, and the depleted state of […]
Soldiers in the IDF’s Nachal Brigade, who are about to be placed on duty in Judea and Samaria’s checkpoints, recently underwent an interesting training session which was conducted by none other than theater actors. The session was conducted by members of a theater group called D-Theatro, and the IDF Spokesperson’s website reported that its purpose […]
The Turkel Commission, which investigated last May’s incident on the Mavi Marmara, will submit on Sunday the first part of its report to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, following which the report will be presented to the public. The report is expected to clear the IDF of any wrongdoings in the flotilla incident. It will determine […]
Israeli tanks and bulldozers crossed several hundred feet into Gaza Tuesday afternoon and killed one terrorist after a bomb exploded near an Israel patrol vehicle at the Gaza separation/security barrier. Earlier in the day, another roadside bomb was discovered and detonated by sappers. The IDF vehicle was not damaged, and the soldiers escaped injury. The […]
The IDF, dubbed by some as the most humanitarian army in the world, has proven its regard not just for humans but also for animals. According to the latest issue of the IDF magazine Bamahane, combat soldiers from the Shimshon battalion of the Kfir Brigade received a report last weekend about shootings east of Shechem […]
The Jewish rights group Legal Forum for the Land of Israel is calling on the IDF to require soldiers to issue a warning to Israeli citizens entering Palestinian Authority-controlled areas. The Forum warned that a lack of road signs in Judea and Samaria means Israelis could enter PA areas unintentionally. “It is imperative that soldiers […]
The IDF’s “Magic Wand” (Sharvit Kesamim) system for intercepting intermediate-range rockets was successfully tested last week, the BaMachane military magazine reports in its latest issue. The tests took place in southern Israel last week and were conducted by the Defense Ministry and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems under the attack conditions that Israel expects. At the […]
Following reports that a Palestinian woman was killed by tear gas fired by the IDF at a Palestinian demonstration, we asked why the mainstream media had reported this as fact even though there were more than enough question marks surrounding the circumstances of the death. Considering that there are no recorded instances of anyone in […]
