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Breaking News Israel Military Struggles With New Issue: Quiet
Watching old Arab enemies reel with sectarian insurgencies and international diplomacy capping the Iranian nuclear drive, Israel’s military is confounded by a new challenge: quiet. The relative tranquility, for Israel at least, poses its own dilemma for commanders tasked with preparing for an array of potentially unpredictable future adversaries while trying to stave off steep…
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Opinion Israeli Teacher May Lose Job Over ‘Leftist’ Views
A schoolgirl listens to language class on November 4, 2002 in Jerusalem. / Getty Images An Israeli high school teacher faces dismissal after a student complained that he expressed radical “leftist” views in the classroom. In a letter to Education Minister Shay Piron, 12th-grade student Sapir Sabah accused Adam Verete — who teaches philosophy in…
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Opinion Is Israel Safe Without Troops on Jordan River?
While Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies insist that Israel must maintain military control over the Jordan River in order to make sure that hostile forces don’t cross over and turn a Palestinian state into a forward base for attacks on Israel, Israel’s main security professionals continue to argue that Israel can accept…
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Breaking News Israel Fires Rockets Into Gaza After Attacks Near Sharon Funeral
The Israeli Air Force launched an aerial attack against the Gaza Strip on Monday evening after two rockets from Gaza struck an area close to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s funeral. The IDF targeted a military compound in the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and another in the southern part of the strip. Both…
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Breaking News IDF To Allow Female Kosher Supervisors To Work on Military Bases
Following a decision by the Israeli Chief Rabbinate last month to agree to recognize women as kosher supervisors, the Israeli Defense Forces has also agreed to open its doors to allow women supervisors in its own kitchens. The issue has been a source of contention in Israel, following a lawsuit filed with the High Court…
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Breaking News Israel To Name Anti-Missile Facility for Pro-Israel Senator of Hawaii
Israel will name an Arrow anti-missile facility for Daniel Inouye, the longtime Hawaii senator who championed Israel in the U.S. Senate. The Jerusalem Post first reported the naming last week, saying it was the first time that Israel had named a military facility for a non-Israeli. The naming will take place Jan. 14. Inouye, who…
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Breaking News U.N. Security Council Condemns Killing Of Israeli Soldier
The United Nations Security Council condemned the killing of an Israeli soldier by a rogue Lebanese soldier on the border between the two countries. The Security Council in a statement released Monday night called the incident “a serious contravention of the existing operational rules and procedures as related to resolution 1701,” which ended the 2006…
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Breaking News Syria Bombs Israeli Military Vehicle Near Golan Border
The Israeli army said on Saturday that an Israeli military vehicle had been damaged by a bomb set off by Syrians on frontier of the occupied Golan Heights. The attack on Friday was thought to be the first targeted bombing of Israeli forces since the start of Syria’s civil war although the army could not…
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