75 terrorists (often mistakenly called fighters in Western media outlets) from the Lebanon-based Hizbullah have been killed in Syria since they first became involved in the country’s war months ago, a source close to the Shiite group said on Thursday. “There have been 57 killed and 18 others who have died of their wounds since […]
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, sharply reacted on Tuesday to remarks by PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat, who accused Israel of applying a policy of apartheid in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. Erekat told a UN committee in New York on Monday that the Palestinian Authority would hold off on applying to UN […]
May 19, 2013 15:32 by Pesach Benson Russia’s supplying Syria with advanced Yakhonts anti-ship missiles. The NY Times, which broke the story, explains why these “ship-killer” rockets matter in a civil war where rebels have zero naval capabilities: Unlike Scud and other longer-range surface-to-surface missiles that the Assad government has used against opposition forces, the […]
France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones, the country’s Defense Minister said on Sunday. “We need this capacity in the short term. There are currently two countries in the world that build drones, the United States and Israel,” Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the iTele TV channel. “We […]
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) urged Europe’s governments on Tuesday to consider a ban on far-right parties, at the end of a three-day conference held in Budapest. The WJC, which represents Jewish communities outside Israel, adopted a resolution calling on governments in Europe to “consider banning neo-Nazi parties or organizations whose aim is to overthrow […]
The Petach Tikva Magistrates’ Court issued an order Sunday distancing two residents of Yitzhar, in Samaria, from their community, for 60 days. According to Honenu, an NGO that assists Jews who are prosecuted for nationalism-related offenses, the two were involved in a verbal altercation between Border Police and youths who reside at the Hasruga outpost […]
The Syrian army has begun deploying advanced surface-to-surface missiles and has aimed them at Tel Aviv, the British Sunday Times reports. According to the report, Syria is preparing to strike Israel in case the Jewish State launches another attack on its territory. The army has received orders to strike central Israel in case additional attacks […]
May 19, 2013 15:12 by Yarden Frankl The South African television show Carte Blanche broadcast an episode on the Syrian civil war. On the show, they interview a Syrian woman who blames Israel for the bloodshed. Not surprisingly, she works for Syrian National Television and is a supporter of President Assad. She is obviously just […]
May 16, 2013 12:42 by Pesach Benson Top Stories 1. UK taxpayers are funding BDS garbage, with an assist from the UN. The Jerusalem Post reports: Charles Tannock, a Member of the European Parliament, told The Jerusalem Post: “I totally oppose the promotion, by a UK taxpayer-funded organization such as the British Academy, of events […]
Members of the Israeli delegation to the Eurovision song contest in Malmo, Sweden, said they were the targets of anti-Semitic threats as they were walking down the street. Alon Amir told Sveriges Radio on Tuesday that he and the other two Israelis were confronted by a group of men. Amir told the men he was from Cyprus “because […]
