Posts Tagged: Islamic state
Hezbollah Vows to Stay in Syria to Grind Down Rival ISIS (VIDEO)
A senior official in the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist group said Monday that the growing takeover by ISIS-affiliated fighters of areas in nearby Syria justified the...
Report: ISIS Fighter Played for German Jewish Youth Soccer Team (VIDEO)
German security officials on Monday put on trial a Hamburg-born man, suspected of joining ISIS, who has played for the Jewish Makkabi Frankfurt soccer club,...
Western Europe, Turkey, on Israel’s Holiday Terror Warning List; Attacks by Returning ISIS Fighters Feared
Israeli security officials on Monday issued a severe terror alert for citizens warning of potential "attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets around the world, especially...
Where Did the Islamic State Come From?
The simple answer - and the one you'll hear most often - is that IS, or Islamic State (formerly ISIS) emerged out of al-Qaeda, gathering...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader: Hamas is Just as Bad as Islamic State
JNS.org - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) condemned Hamas and affirmed U.S. support for Israel on Thursday, calling the failure to condemn Hamas as...
When is an Islamic State Not Islamic?
In his nationally televised speech on the eve of the anniversary of 9/11, President Obama pointedly declared: "The Islamic State [ISIL] is not Islamic." If...
Syria Fighting Stalls Golan Apple Harvest Shipment to Syria
For the second year in a row, Israeli Jewish and Druze apple growers on the Golan Heights are unable to send their produce to Syria,...
Before Obama’s Major US Policy Address, Netanyahu Convenes Security, Legal Chiefs to Strategize Foiling ISIS
Scant hours before US President Barack Obama is scheduled to present an operational strategy against the Islamic State (ISIS), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch Laments Suffering of Mideast Christians
JNS.org - The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem lamented the ongoing suffering of Middle East Christians during a recent visit to Italy. Fouad Twal, the Catholic...
Reported Jerusalem-Based ISIS Group Calls for Killing Twitter Staffers
A reported Jerusalem- based, ISIS-supporting group on Sunday called on "lone wolves" to kill Twitter employees who close down supporting accounts, the website Vocativ...
ISIS Parades Captured American Weapons as Assad, Hezbollah Routed Near Israeli Border (VIDEO)
Syrian rebel forces, including Islamic State/ISIS militias, on Tuesday continued to consolidate their hold on the Syrian Golan Heights and Mount Tel el-Jamal, about 10...
Israel Reportedly Providing U.S. With Satellite Intelligence on Islamic State
JNS.org - Israel is providing the U.S. with satellite images of Islamic State positions, as well as intelligence information on individuals with western passports...
Israel’s Lapid: The ‘Real War Today is Between the Sane and the Insane’
Declaring that "The real war today is between the sane and the insane," Israel's Finance Minister and a Security Cabinet member, Yair Lapid,...
IAF Bolsters Sorties Along Syrian Border; Any Spillover ‘Will Cost Them Dearly’
Senior Israel Defense Force officials said in recent days that they will not countenance any infiltrations by Syrian aircraft or ground vehicles, and that the...
