Tag: Israel
What we thought of the Rev. Billy Graham
Perhaps the saddest thing about the death of the Rev. Billy Graham on Feb. 21, at the age of 99, was the fact that virtually every obituary gave prominent mention to what was arguably...
Looking ahead: Longer term prospects for an Israel-Iran nuclear war
ABSTRACT: With Prime Minister Netanyahu just reaffirming that Israel will strike both Iranian and Syrian targets as needed - most recently, after an Iranian drone briefly entered Israeli airspace, and an IAF F-161 plane...
Conflicting interests in Syria create a dangerous complexity for Russia and Israel
At the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the situation in Syria and said that “Mr. Assad understands that if he invites Iran in, then obviously, he...
Austria to help Israel join U.N. Security Council as nonpermanent member
Austria has pledged to help Israel become a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council, that country’s chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, announced Feb. 17 on Twitter. Kurz made the announcement following a meeting with Israeli...
Haley: Iran drone incursion into Israel a ‘wake-up call’ to the world
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the Security Council on Wednesday that Iran’s drone incursion into Israel last weekend was a “wake-up call” to the world over the Islamic Republic’s intentions...
What are the most popular Jewish baby names in Israel?
The most popular baby name in Israel in 2016 was Muhammad, given to some 2,880 newborns, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics, ahead of Family Day, celebrated Thursday.
The...
Analysis: Downing of Israeli F-16 is no victory for Iranian axis in escalating ‘war...
A day after Israeli, Syrian, and Iranian forces were involved in a major military confrontation—that left an Israeli F-16 shot down, along with an Iranian drone, and multiple Syrian air defenses destroyed—the dust has...
Israeli F16 shot down by Syria in dramatic military escalation
An Israeli F-16 was shot down by Syrian anti-aircraft missiles and crashed in Israel’s Jezreel valley early Saturday morning, as Israel was responding to the infiltration of an Iranian drone into Israeli airspace.
The plane...
Gunfire from Syria targets Israeli drone, hits Druze house
Gunshots were fired from Syria at an Israeli drone Thursday night and missed their target, instead hitting a house in the town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
No injuries...
Trump: recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was pinnacle of my first year
Reflecting on his first year in office in an interview with the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom, President Donald Trump said that his official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was the...