Posts Tagged: IDF
When the IDF Lone Soldier Experience Becomes a Family Affair
JNS.org - Unlike the 18-year-old Israeli in the next bunk, nobody is drafting or forcing the enlistment of the IDF’s American, French, British, Canadian, Swiss, South...
Should Israeli Officers Turn the Other Cheek?
On Friday, December 13, an Israeli officer and his NCO, standing near a home in the village of Nabi Salih, were verbally assaulted by a young...
We Must Tell the Stories of Non-Jews Serving in the IDF
Israel boasts a diversity of religious, ethnic and political thought. It is home to many Christians, Muslims and Druze, who take pride in their Israeli...
War Prevention Is a Top IDF Goal
At the end of October, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman addressed graduates of a military officer’s course at Training Base 1, deep in Israel’s Negev...
New Jet Is a Game-Changer for Israeli Air Force
JNS.org - After being deemed combat capable earlier this month, the F-35 “Adir” stealth fighter jet promises to create system-wide change in the Israeli Air Force (IAF). Israel...
Israel’s Iron Dome System Goes Naval
JNS.org - The Israeli Navy has a new tool at its disposal to defend the country’s offshore gas rigs in the Mediterranean Sea, which are under...
IDF Responds With Tank Fire After Gaza Mortars Strike Israel’s South
Tensions flared in Israel’s south on Thursday as mortars were fired at an IDF position near the Gaza Strip. According to the Hebrew-language website Walla, no...
Israel’s New Underground Wall Is Latest Round in ‘Competition’ with Gaza Terrorists
JNS.org - Within two years, a deep underground wall, equipped with advanced sensors, will cut through Hamas’s ability to tunnel into Israel. That will lead southern Israeli...
Big Data and Robots Are Part of the IDF’s ‘New World’ of Warfare
JNS.org - United by a common need to analyze huge quantities of streaming data, and to recognize the key information contained within all of it,...
Iran Faces Israel’s Game-Changing Air Power
Iran has big plans to create a military outpost in Syria, right on Israel’s doorstep. From there, the Islamic Republic could threaten and attack Israel...
NATO States and Israel Share Urban Warfare Insights
JNS.org - Representatives from 12 NATO countries recently visited Israel to take part in a first-of-its-kind conference on the challenges of urban warfare and combat...
Artificial Intelligence Shapes the IDF in Ways Never Imagined
JNS.org - In pop culture and science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) is often portrayed as a threat to humanity. But in the real world, AI's many...
Building on ‘Strong’ Bond, US Opens First-Ever Permanent Military Base in Israel
JNS.org - Amid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration that the US-Israel alliance has “never been stronger,” the two countries recently made history by opening of...
IDF: We Are Prepared to ‘Neutralize’ Hezbollah With ‘Overwhelming’ Force in Next War
JNS.org - Despite the raging civil war to Israel’s north and east in Syria, the Jewish state’s northern border has remained precariously quiet over the last...
