Posts Tagged: IDF
Clarifying the IDF’s Record During the Gaza Riots
The past few months have posed unprecedented challenges for Israel and the IDF in its ongoing struggle with Hamas. In the face of Hamas provocations, it...
The Spy Who Sold Out Israel to Iran
JNS.org - It is difficult to find better words than “treason” and “espionage” to describe the offenses attributed to former Israeli minister Gonen Segev. This man, who was...
Amid F-35 Expectations, the F-16 Remains the Backbone of Israel’s Air Power
JNS.org - Despite the excitement and expectations generated by the arrival of the fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighter jets into the Israeli Air Force fleet, much...
Trump Wants to Sell Deadly Weapons to the Middle East; What Does This Mean for Israel?
The divergence between the Trump administration’s desire to increase arms sales to the Middle East and the capacity limits of Arab clients for what the...
Israel Defense Forces: Palestinian Paramedic Whose Death Caused International Uproar Threw Gas Grenade
A Palestinian paramedic whose death caused an international uproar after she was killed during riots on the Gaza border was caught on video throwing a...
Gaza’s Economy Is Hostage to PA-Hamas Rift as Israel, Egypt Weigh Easing Restrictions
In 2007, Hamas seized power in the Gaza Strip in a violent coup, overthrowing the Palestinian Authority and creating a rift between the two main...
Supporting the Real-Life ‘Fauda’ Soldiers
I spent Memorial Day weekend binge-watching season two of Fauda, the amazing Israeli drama on Netflix about an elite counter-terrorism unit of the Israel Defense Forces....
Israel to Issue Its Own Report on Gaza Riots, Won’t Collaborate With United Nations Human Rights Council
Israel will not collaborate with the United Nations Human Rights Council on an investigation into the recent riots on the Gaza border. Instead, it will...
Brother of Elite IDF Soldier Killed During West Bank Raid: ‘We Really Thought a Miracle Could Happen’
The family of an elite Israel Defense Forces soldier who died over the weekend after being struck with a marble block hoped for his recovery...
CAIR Official Calls on US Government to Investigate American Jews Who Join IDF
A top official at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said last month that the US government’s Countering Violent Extremism program should investigate young American...
Hamas Is Destroying Gaza’s Economy to Advance Terror Aims
Gaza's dire economic situation is one reason observers cite for the ongoing, violent Palestinian protests at the border with Israel. But the blame for Gaza's dark...
New Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Arrives at Critical Juncture
At the end of March, Maj. Gen. Tamir Heiman, who had been head of the IDF National Defense College since 2015, became the IDF’s new...
Israeli Angels Wear Green
JNS.org - I remember shortly before Operation Cast Lead in 2008/2009 --the first of the three Gaza operations within a four-year period -- I drove a number of times...
Another Week, Another New Israel Fund Scandal
With another week comes another scandal surrounding the anti-Israel work of the New Israel Fund (NIF) and their grantees. The latest comes from B'Tselem -- an organization that has received...
