Tag: IDF
Stuck in strategic stalemate, Hamas uses Gaza border protests to pressure Israel
Israel has come under harsh criticism in recent weeks over its response to Palestinian mass protests on its border with Gaza. Called the “March of Return,” the protests are expected to last the next...
Israel’s intelligence ‘factory’: A decade of development
In the 11 years that followed since the Israeli strike on Syria’s nuclear-weapons production site, a quiet revolution has occurred within the Israeli defense establishment.
Today, the Israel Defense Forces’ ability to detect, analyze and...
Birthright from the ‘sabra’ side: The Israeli perspective
While it is well known that Birthright trips provide American participants with a transformative, often life-changing experience, it is perhaps less known that the young Israelis who accompany the participants on the trip often...
IDF soldiers at Gaza border shared in Passover seder
Even those soldiers who fought to protect Israel’s border with Gaza on the night of Passover last Friday were able to celebrate a kosher Passover seder, according to an announcement by the Israel Defense...
US blocks UN statement calling for inquiry into IDF actions during Gaza riots
The United States blocked a draft of a U.N. Security Council statement on Saturday, expressing “grave concern at the situation on the border” following the massive “Land Day” Palestinian march on Friday, in which...
Letter to IDF on questionable values signed by 200 rabbis
Some 200 religious Zionist rabbis signed a letter expressing their concern over Israel Defense Forces’ policies they feel are not commensurate with Jewish values.
Among the issues are a controversial update to protocol further integrating...
Breaking down decades of barriers, IDF operation helps wounded Syrians
Israel has a long history of providing humanitarian aid to civilians in countries all around the world, including Haiti, Africa, Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Mexico, even the United States. Syria is also included...
What Syria doesn’t teach us about Iran
The explanation many pundits are offering for the Israeli government’s belated admission that it was responsible for the 2007 bombing of a Syrian nuclear reactor is to send a message to Iran.
Other more mundane...
Palestinian teen gets eight months in jail for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers
Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teen who generated international headlines for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers late last year, has been sentenced to eight months in jail by an Israeli military court.
According to her Israeli...
IDF razes two Gaza tunnels used for terror attacks
The Israeli Defense Forces destroyed two underground attack tunnels—one that entered into Israel and another inside central Gaza, said the IDF.
According to IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, the cross-border terror tunnel was a...