Tag Archives: Israel

Thursday, 30 March 2017 WASHINGTON – On 23 March, the US Senate confirmed Friedman to be the next US ambassador to Israel in a 52-46 vote. The former attorney was one of President Donald Trump’s principal advisors on the US-Israel relationship during the presidential campaign. On 6 February, Israel’s parliament passed the law, legalizing almost 4,000 …

Thursday, 30 March 2017 Dead Sea, Jordan – Arab leaders said on Wednesday at the end of a one-day summit in Amman that they would be ready to have a historic reconciliation with Israel in return for its withdrawal from land it occupied in the 1967 war. A communique read …

Tuesday, 28 March 2017 The skies over Israel may soon meet Optimus, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of operating without human assistance. The drone can be without human control for about 30 minutes, and Airobotics, the company that created Optimus, is the first firm in the world given permission …

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is set to host one of the most complex air exercises ever later this year, featuring 100 aircraft and hundreds of airmen. India, Greece, Poland, France, Italy, the US and Germany will participate in the two-week Blue Flag air exercises, held …

Tuesday, 14 March 2017   JERUSALEM – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday, Netanyahu’s office said, as the new administration tries to restart peace talks with the Palestinians. A statement from the Israeli leader’s office said Jason Greenblatt “reaffirmed President …

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 An Israeli military plane carried out an airstrike on the Syrian government forces stationed in the western countryside of Damascus near the Lebanese border. The attack targeted the Jard Nalhleh area of the Qalamoun Mountains. Information about casualties is being verified. In early February, an Israeli …

Friday, 13 January 2017 A number of Israeli soldiers have fallen victim to an online spy plot engineered by Palestinian militant group Hamas involving fake profiles of women, Israeli defense officials told reporters Wednesday. Dozens of soldiers had befriended social media accounts seemingly belonging to women and began flirtatious exchanges, according …

Wednesday, 11 January 2017 Of the 41 soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces who died last year, 15 took their own lives, that means more troops died from suicide in 2016 than from any other cause of death. The total number of IDF soldiers who were killed in 2016 rose …

Thursday, 29 December 2016 JERUSALEM: Israel’s attorney-general has ordered police to open a criminal investigation in two unspecified matters involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A Justice Ministry spokeswoman said in a statement that checks in the matter “are still ongoing and this is neither confirmation or denial of what has …

Monday, 12 December 2016 WASHINGTON – The Israeli and Russian armed forces coordinate their actions in order to avoid “inadvertent” clashes in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Israel was one of the first countries to set up communications with Russia in an effort to prevent accidents and dangerous …