Posts Tagged: Israeli military
A Look Into the IDF’s Mysterious New Elite Unit
JNS.org - In the summer of 2019, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) formed a completely new kind of elite unit, and many of the details...
German-Israeli Air Force Cooperation Sheds Light on the Future
JNS.org - A recent historic flyover by Israeli and German fighter jets of the Dachau concentration camp to mark the memory of victims of the...
IDF Budget Uncertainty Could Spell Trouble for Israel’s ‘Momentum’ Plan
The Israeli defense establishment is preparing for an attempt to secure a suitable defense budget, as well as a government commitment to underwrite "Momentum" --...
Israel Versus Anyone: A Military Net Assessment of the Middle East
Most published Middle Eastern military net assessments are based primarily on lists of units and equipment. Unfortunately, history proved that such lists are all too...
A Hamas Defection: Like a Scene Out of ‘Fauda’
JNS.org - It sounds like a scene from the show Fauda: A senior Hamas naval commando suspected of spying for Israel is clandestinely extracted from...
New IDF Recruits Prepare for Any Future Challenge
JNS.org - The Artillery Corps of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is responsible for delivering a large portion of the military’s firepower to an increasingly...
The Six-Day War: A Paradigm From a Previous Century
As Israel transitions from its commemorations and celebrations of the Six-Day War, increasing attention is being focused upon the Trump peace plan. Scores of retired...
The Fauda Effect: Israeli Active Defense on the Screen
The Israeli concept of “active defense” has long been used by the film industry as a tool with which to showcase the Israeli perspective on...
The IDF’s Momentum Plan Aims to Create a New Type of War Machine
One of the most remarkable aspects of the IDF’s new multi-year Momentum program is its revised definition of victory. To reflect the reality of complex combat...
Dangerous Streamlining in the IDF
Each year, amid budget deliberations, Finance Ministry officials demand that the IDF do some streamlining. The streamlining processes conducted in recent decades, which focused on...
The Case for Enlisting Haredi Men Into the Israeli Military
JNS.org - Among key issues that have collapsed the 21st Knesset before its ministers have even been sworn into their positions is the enlistment, or...
Cracks in the (Iron) Dome?
Israel and Hamas have denied reports that they have reached an agreement on a six-month ceasefire. Irrespective of any credence one wishes to ascribe to...
The French Pilot Who Stayed With His Jewish Passengers at Entebbe
JNS.org - We live at a time when it seems that the guardrails that briefly deterred the spread of antisemitism have collapsed. This seems particularly true...
IDF Investigator Vows to Leave No Deceased Soldier Behind
JNS.org - Four decades after they vanished without a trace in the battles of Israel’s War of Independence, Maj. (res.) Sharon Maayan, a researcher in...
