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The preliminary design of the Reshef Class vessel. Credit: Courtesy of Israel Shipyards.

Israel Shipyards announces last stage before building new combat vessel for navy

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Israel Shipyards announced on Thursday that it signed an agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defense of the detailed design phase for the construction of the Reshef Class ship for the Israeli Navy. The...
A senior Israeli delegation, which was led by director-general of Israel's Ministry of Defense Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Eshel, participates in the annual U.S.-Israel Defense Policy Advisory Group in Washington, D.C., from Aug. 24-25, 2021. Credit: Julian Kemper/U.S. Department of Defense.

Senior Israeli delegation takes part in joint US defense-policy advisory group

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A senior delegation from Israel’s Ministry of Defense took part in a two-day annual dialogue with U.S. counterparts in Washington, D.C. “The leaders discussed global and regional security challenges with a focus on the threats...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks during a press conference at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 22, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Gantz condemns Kabul terror attacks: ‘We stand with our American partners’

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz condemned the terror attack at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, reiterating that Israel “stands with our American partners.” “My thoughts and prayers are with the U.S. troops...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett preparing for his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on Aug. 26, 2021. Source: Naftali Bennett/Twitter.

Biden reschedules meeting with Bennett after two terror attacks reported in Kabul

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s much anticipated first meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden has been postponed for Friday after news of a terror attack near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. “On...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Oct. 4, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Merkel cancels visit to Israel due to Afghanistan situation

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has canceled a planned visit to Israel on Saturday due to the situation in Afghanistan, the German government announced on Thursday. It was called off  “because of current developments in Afghanistan,”...
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Neo-Nazi gets three years in prison for threatening ADL, journalists

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The leader of neo-Nazi efforts to threaten journalists and the Anti-Defamation League for exposing anti-Semitism was sentenced to three years in prison by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, announced the Department...
Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg speaks during a Conference of Heads of Local Authorities, in Ramat Negev, southern Israel, July 22, 2021. Photo by Flash90

Israel joins world’s carbon-free bandwagon, but some wonder if it makes economic and scientific...

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Israel’s government unanimously agreed on July 25 to adopt a low-carbon economy, “part of its commitment to the global effort” to reduce greenhouse gases. It’s the first time that Israel has set a national...
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi speaks during a swearing in ceremony for incoming head of the Central Command, Brig. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs held at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem on August 11, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

As nuclear diplomacy stalls, Israel places military option back on table

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The statement on Wednesday by Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, about intensifying efforts to prepare an Israeli military option against Iran’s nuclear program, will be closely analyzed in the Islamic Republic. The...
Hillel Newman, Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest. Credit: Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles.

Diversity shapes LA consulate’s efforts to combat anti-Semitism, show ‘true face of Israel’

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The new mural on the wall of the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles building, unveiled on Aug. 23, contains the State of Israel’s logo at the bottom of the artwork. Rather than a...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Aug. 25, 2021. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Blinken reaffirms US commitment to two-state solution in meeting with Israeli leader

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Wednesday afternoon as part of Bennett’s first full day of his visit to the United States. Bennett sought to initiate a...