Tag: U.S. Military
Bipartisan congressional letter warns against pulling US troops out of Sinai
A bipartisan group of members of Congress sent a letter last week to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, stating that withdrawing U.S. troops from the Multinational Force and Observers...
Trump vetoes congressional resolution to limit US military authority vis à vis Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he vetoed a congressional resolution to curb his ability to enact future U.S. military action against Iran without congressional approval.
“This was a very insulting resolution, introduced...
Recognizing a righteous sacrifice
While the Holocaust is often associated with Jewish victimhood, Yom Hashoah v’Hagvura also highlights the bravery and sacrifices the Jewish people made during this devastating time in history. One such example is the Warsaw Ghetto...
Pentagon considers keeping paratroopers in Middle East amid Iranian threat
The Pentagon is looking into keeping a reaction force of roughly 3,500 U.S. troops sent to the Middle East in January in response to Iranian-backed riots at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
The Daily Beast reported on...
Canadian ambassador to Israel appointed UN special envoy for Afghanistan
Canadian Ambassador to Israel Deborah Lyons has been appointed as the U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan, said U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric in a press briefing on Tuesday.
“United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today announced the appointment of...
US Senate passes resolution to limit Trump on military action regarding Iran
The U.S. Senate passed a resolution on Thursday to curb U.S. President Donald Trump’s ability to enact future U.S. military action against Iran without congressional approval.
The tally of the War Powers Resolution was 55-45.
Sens....
IDF strengthens cyber-defense coordination with US Cyber Command
The Israel Defense Forces and the U.S. military are strengthening their coordination and partnership in the area of cyber defenses.
Lt. Col. O (full name withheld), an officer in the IDF’s J6 and Cyber Defense...
Iranian parliament approves bill labeling US military, Pentagon as terror groups
The Iranian parliament approved a bill on Tuesday to designate the entire U.S. military and Pentagon as terrorist entities following last week’s U.S. elimination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force Maj. Gen. Qassem...
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah threatens US forces in the Middle East
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday that the U.S. military “will pay a price” for the assassination in Iraq on Friday of Iranian Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the AP reported.
In a speech broadcast...
Is now the right time for a US-Israel mutual defense pact?
In September, U.S President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promoted the idea of a Mutual Defense Treaty between their countries with Netanyahu branding such a pact as being “historic” should it...