Posts Tagged: Israel Defense
U.S Armed Service Committee Triples Missile Funding to Israel
JPost - The US House of Representatives Armed Service Committee tripled President Barack Obama's request for missile defense collaboration with Israel and sought...
Israeli Officials: We’d Prefer Al-Qaeda-Run Syria to an Assad Victory
Israeli officials are voicing their concern over Bashar al-Assad's recent advances in his country's civil war, Israeli Army Radio reported. According to Israel Hayom, senior Israeli...
Report: 42% of Israelis Don’t Have Gas Masks
Some 42 percent of Israelis do not have Atomic Biological Chemical (ABC) protective kits, Israeli daily Israel Hayom reports, and it will cost about...
Netanyahu Warns: ‘The Israeli Home Front is More Accessible to the Enemy’
At a meeting of Israel's Emergency Economy Committee to summarize this week's home front drill, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of the country's increased...
Sirens Sound as National Defense Drill Reaches Peak in Israel
Air raid sirens rang out across Israel this afternoon as the country's week-long nationwide home-front defense drill reached its peak. Code-named "Home Front Eitan 1,"...
Dutch FM: We Have No Problem With Israel Striking Syria
Times of Israel/JTA - In an apparent break with the European Union position, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said he has "no criticism"...
Netanyahu Reduces Proposed Cut to Israeli Defense Budget
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled Monday that the Israeli defense budget will be cut by 3 billion shekels ($840 million), in lieu of the...
Israeli Opposition Leader Meets With Abbas in Ramallah
Israel's Opposition leader Shelly Yachimovich (Labor), met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah Sunday, Israeli media has reported. The two discussed the situation...
Report: Explosions Heard in Iran Took Place at Chemical Weapons Plant
Explosions heard in the area west of Tehran Tuesday took place at the Raja-Shimi chemical industrial complex, which is affiliated with the Iranian...
NGO Monitor: B’Tselem Report Includes ‘Fundamental Distortions of International Law’
A report released Thursday by the Israeli organization B'Tselem, on the November conflict between Israel and Gaza terrorists that "challenges the common perception in the...
Netanyahu Meets With Chinese President, Visits Great Wall as China Visit Nears End
On his penultimate day in the country, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing to continue talks with Chinese...
Report: Israeli Drone Crashes in Gaza
A MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle. An IAF SkyRider drone malfunctioned and crashed in the Israeli-controlled area of the Gaza strip Tuesday, Israel National News reported....
Netanyahu: “We Will Act in Order to Defend Israeli Citizens”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday addressed the targeted assassination of a terrorist in Gaza as well as a terrorist attack in the West Bank...
Israel Receives Fifth Dolphin-Class Submarine from Germany
Israel received its fifth Dolphin-Class submarine Monday in an official ceremony in Kiel, Germany. The CEO of the Ministry of Defense, Major General (Res.) Ehud...
