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Mumbai, India, Oct. 25, 2020. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli radar company signs agreement with defense technologies firm in India

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Israeli radar company RADA Electronic Industries announced on Monday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with India’s Alpha Design Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (ADTL) defense company. The agreement will serve to set up joint...
“Iron Sting” can hit targets with a very high degree of accuracy and reduce the risk of collateral damage, particularly in urban warfare settings. Credit: Israeli Ministry of Defense.

IDF acquiring first-of-its-kind GPS and laser-guided mortar

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The Israel Defense Forces will soon receive its first-ever mortar munition guided by GPS and by laser, representing a new level of accurate firepower that units will be able to deploy in the battlefield. The...
King Abdullah of Jordan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jordan reveals new defense pact with US, allowing more open military access

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Jordan released a new defense agreement on Sunday with the United States that allows free entry for U.S. forces, aircraft and vehicles. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi told parliament that the pact was “the...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivers a speech during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 18, 2019. Credit: Wayne Clark/U.S. Air Force.

Trump approves possible Pentagon response after attack on US soldiers in Iraq

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U.S. President Donald Trump has given the Pentagon the authority to possibly retaliate following an attack in Iraq, allegedly conducted by an Iranian-backed group, that killed two U.S. troops and a British service member, and injured...
Emily B. Landau, Senior Research Fellow, head of the Arms Control and Regional Security Program. Credit: INSS.

Israeli arms-control expert Emily Landau dies at age 59

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Top Israeli arms-control expert Emily Landau died after a long illness on Monday at the age of 59, announced the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies think tank, where she was a senior...
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Source: Screenshot.

Nadler: Conditioning US assistance to Israel is ‘wrong’

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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said on Monday that conditioning U.S. assistance to Israel is “wrong.” “We have a $38 billion commitment over 10 years for military aid to Israel,” Nadler, who is the chairman of...
An ICEJ delegation visited Israeli communities along the Gaza border and viewed a new specially designed ATV security vehicle donated through the ICEJ to a local moshav. Credit: ICEJ.

International Christian Embassy donates bomb shelters, protective vests

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After Israel absorbed as many as 700 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem sent a delegation to the western Negev region on Monday to assess the...
Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman announces his resignation at a press conference in the Israeli parliament on Nov. 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigns over opposition to Gaza ceasefire

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Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman abruptly resigned his post and removed his Yisrael Beytenu Party from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition less than a day after Israel reportedly agreed to a ceasefire...
IDF video surveillance operators with the Border Defense Array unit. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.

IDF Border Defense Array, which is ‘the most familiar with the enemy,’ set to...

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Two months ago, Cpl. Shani Davidyan, an Israel Defense Forces video surveillance operator, was sitting in her operations room, monitoring the Gush Etzion sector south of Jerusalem, when she suddenly received a radio report...

Israel Defense Ministry: New US aid agreement may crush Israeli companies

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A comprehensive analysis by Israel’s Ministry of Defense of the effect of a U.S. foreign-aid agreement signed at the end of former President Barack Obama’s term in office has concluded that Israel will be...