Posts Tagged: Israel Military
IDF Cuts Number of Soldiers Who Can Serve Outside Military
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces has decided to cut by 40 percent the number of soldiers it allows to complete their compulsory military...
A Look at the History of Israeli Paratroopers (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - The following is a full transcript of an interview with Yossi Klein Halevi, research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, on his...
Defense Cuts Harm IDF’s Operational Platforms
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces began to implement government-mandated cuts to its budget, announcing Tuesday that several of its operational platforms will be...
Netanyahu: IAF Carried Out Secret Missions Over Last Year
Times of Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israeli Air Force planes carried out a number of secret military missions...
Israel Ranks as World’s 6th-Largest Arms Exporter in 2012
JNS.org - Israel was the world's sixth-largest weapons exporter in 2012, securing defense deals amounting to $2.4 billion, a new report by IHS Jane's,...
New Military Index Ranking World’s Top Armies Places Israel Just Three Ahead of Iran
Israel's military may have a world-class reputation, but a new power index surprisingly says the Jewish state, at least this year, falls shy of a...
IDF Grounds Drones After Engine Failure
Times of Israel - Israel's military grounded a fleet of high-altitude surveillance drones on Sunday after one was downed over the Mediterranean Sea. The...
IAF Officer: Drones Will Replace Piloted Aircraft Within 50 Years
Ynet - A high-ranking Israeli Air Force officer said Israel aims to develop drones that can execute nearly every battlefield operation performed today by piloted...
2 IAF Pilots Killed in Helicopter Crash
Two Israel Air Force pilots were killed overnight Monday when a Cobra helicopter crashed during a training exercise near the city of Gedera, in central...
The World’s Humanitarian Double Standard
The world's double standards concerning which peoples qualify as oppressed and deserving of help are staggering. Two recent stories illustrate this point: First, a report exposed, in...
Gilad Shalit Offers Glimpse of Life Under Hamas in First Interview Since Release
Nearly a full year has passed since Gilad Shalit was released from Hamas captivity and returned home to Israel, and now he has given his...
Body of Israeli Soldier Missing for 7 Years Found
The Israeli military has found and identified the remains of a soldier that went missing nearly 7 years ago, it announced on Thursday. "This morning, the...
Massive U.S.-Israel air Defense Simulation set for Late October
The United States and Israel are scheduled to hold its largest-ever joint defense exercise in Israel on Oct. 21. Dubbed the Austere Challenge 12 (AC12), the exercise...
Female IDF Hero Who Shot and Killed Terrorist in Friday Attack Revealed (PHOTOS)
Last week, when three terrorists launched a deadly attack on Israeli military personnel at the border with Egypt, a female IDF soldier returned fire and...
