Israel this week officially unveiled a not-so-secret secret weapon it has been working on with the US defense industry for some years. The entry into service of the David’s Sling anti-missile system completes Israel’s multi-tier missile shield. For years, the Iron Dome has already been protecting southern Israel from short-range rockets and mortar shells.The Arrow System recently went into service to defend Israel against long-range ballistic missiles. It was utilized a week ago to defend Israeli warplanes on a mission over Syria from enemy anti-aircraft. David’s Sling is intended to fill the gap between the Iron Dome and the Arrow by…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel’s mainstream media is an “industry of depression.” At a toast held at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, Netanyahu stated the press is constantly focusing on (and, in his view, exaggerating) socio-economic problems, all while ignoring Israel’s successes. Netanyahu sees this type of coverage as part of an ongoing media effort to personally sabotage him. Long at odds with Israel’s mainstream media, Netanyahu recently ramped up the tension by pushing through legislation that would further privatize the state-run press and open the door to greater competition. “I would like to see more competition, more diversity, more pluralism.…
One Israeli was reportedly killed and a second lightly wounded in a suspected terrorist car ramming attack north of Jerusalem on Thursday morning. The attack occurred outside the Samarian Jewish community of Ofra. The victims were standing at a bus stop / hitchhiking post when a Palestinian Arab motorist slammed into them. Israeli security forces in the area “neutralized” the suspected terrorist. One of the victims, both of whom were in the 20s, was at first listed in critical condition, but reportedly succumbed to his injuries a short time later. Originally posted at Israel Today Magazine.
The regime of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has reportedly threatened to fire SCUD missiles at Israel if it carries out any more strikes on Syrian soil. Since the start of the Syrian civil war, Israel is believed to have struck select targets in Syria on several occasions. Most often, the targets were dangerous weapons shipments to the Hezbollah terrorist militia, which is allied with Assad. Israeli forces have also returned fire into Syria numerous times following artillery attacks on the Golan Heights by rebel groups. In a message to Israel reported in the Lebanese outlet Al-Diyar, the Assad regime…
David Friedman was officially sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Israel last Wednesday. Vice President Mike Pence conducted the swearing-in and describe it as “one of the clearest signs” of President Donald Trump’s strong commitment to the Jewish state. “The president of the United States of America is a lifelong friend of Israel and the Jewish people and, under his leadership, if the world knows nothing else the world will know this: America stands with Israel,” Pence said. Friedman—Trump’s former bankruptcy attorney—had encountered significant opposition from Democrats and some liberal Jewish organizations following his nomination for the role, due to…
Thousands of poor and elderly Jews living in the former Soviet Union will be able to observe Passover traditions this year due to support from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and its network of Hesed social welfare centers and JCCs. JDC, through its partnerships with the Claims Conference and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, will deliver more than 50,000 boxes of matzah and other holiday packages. “For generations, JDC has proudly helped Jewish communities celebrate Passover’s enduring message of freedom in the face of oppression. Most poignantly, the Jews of the former Soviet Union, whose Jewish…
Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah recently warned Israel that his Iran-backed terror group could attack targets producing mass Israeli casualties, including a huge ammonia storage tank in Haifa, and a nuclear reactor in Dimona. Iran has provided Hizballah with a vast supply of “game-changing,” state-of-the art weapons, despite Israel’s occasional airstrikes against weapons convoys. In a future conflict, Hizballah has the capacity to fire 1,500 rockets into Israel each day, overwhelming Israel’s missile defense systems. Should such a scenario materialize, Israel will be forced to respond with unprecedented firepower to defend its own civilians. Hizballah’s advanced weapons and the systems needed…
A Jewish teenager with dual Israeli and American citizenship living in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon was arrested last Thursday in connection to the wave of more than 100 bomb threats against JCCs and other Jewish institutions across North America since the beginning of 2017. The suspect, 19, was arrested by Israel’s Lahav 433 police unit in the wake of a months-long investigation by Israeli authorities, who worked alongside the FBI and other international law enforcement agencies. Authorities did not release the suspect’s name. Additionally, police detained the suspect’s father on suspicion that he knew of his son’s activities.…
Israel is developing contingency plans to evacuate up to 250,000 civilians living in border communities in the event of a war breaking out with Hamas, Hezbollah or other Islamic terror groups. The contingency plan, codenamed “Safe Distance,” was initiated in response to Hezbollah and Hamas’s stockpiling of large new weapons caches capable of striking all of Israel’s territory. According to a senior Israeli security official, since its war with Israel in 2006, Hezbollah has significantly expanded its arsenal to a stockpile of approximately 150,000 missiles. The implementation of the evacuation plan would leave the traditional targets of terrorist rocket fire—communities…
Many believe that it is inevitable that the Syrian civil war will eventually spill over into northern Israel. Iran is doing everything in its power to prove them right. Iran’s Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, is already heavily engaged in the war in Syria. But the group has suffered major losses, and is stretched thin trying to keep Syrian dictator Bashar Assad in power. So Iran has funneled money and resources to establish a new Hezbollah brigade focused on “liberating” the Golan Heights from Israeli control. A spokesman for the “Golan Liberation Brigade” told Iranian media: “This is a trained army with…