Posts Tagged: Operation Protective Edge
Kibbutz Near Gaza Celebrates Delayed Bar, Bat Mitzvahs
JNS.org - After three postponements due to rocket fire during Operation Protective Edge, 16 youngsters from Kibbutz Be'eri near the Gaza border were set...
Israel’s Economic Slowdown More Pronounced Than Initially Reported
JNS.org - Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), which several weeks ago said that the Israeli economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.7...
Israel Developing Rocket Assisted Take-Off Capability for F-16 Fighter Jets
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is developing rocket-assisted take-off capability for its Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter planes, Flight Global reported on Monday. The development involves installing rockets...
Last Israeli Wounded in Gaza War Released From Hospital
JNS.org - Gadi Yarkoni, the last Israeli wounded during Operation Protective Edge, was released from Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on Monday and will...
A Familiar Plague Infests Israel
Last week 43 Israeli soldiers from Unit 8200 of the IDF Intelligence Corps sent a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Lt....
Israel ‘Hoping for the Return of Egyptian Ambassador’
After the new Israeli ambassador to Egypt presented his credentials to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at his palace in Cairo on Sunday, Israeli Foreign Ministry...
Columnist at Erdoğan Aligned Newspaper Calls for Taxing Jews to Pay for Rebuilding Gaza
A Turkish pundit writing for Yeni Akit, a major publication aligned with President Erdoğan, called for the country's Jews to be taxed to pay for...
Palestinians Stall Gaza War Crimes Probe Against Israel
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority has been stalling an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel during Operation Protective...
Report: Operation Protective Edge Led to Major Spike in Anti-Semitic Attacks
JNS.org - Operation Protective Edge has led to a significant spike in anti-Semitic incidents worldwide, according to an Anti-Defamation League report published on Thursday. Britain...
Israel Strikes New Tone Calling Out Turkey for Support of Terrorism
While Israel avoided criticizing Turkey and hoped to renew rocky ties in the four years since the infamous Gaza flotilla debacle, now Prime Minister Netanyahu's government...
Palau Hosts U.N. Session on Combating Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - The United Nations, which is known for a disproportionally large number of resolutions and sessions dedicated to criticizing Israel, by its own standards...
Israel’s Foreign Minister: ‘Room For Optimism’ on Reports of Hamas Military Chief Deif’s Death in Air Strike
Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday weighed in on discussion over whether Hamas military chief Muhammad Deif was killed in an Israeli air strike in...
Abbas Threatens to Dissolve Palestinian Unity Government
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to dissolve the unity government between his Fatah faction and Hamas. "Hamas must recognize that the West Bank...
Netanyahu Thanks Christian Group for Support During Gaza Campaign
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a letter to International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) Executive Director Dr. Juergen Buehler last week, thanking...
