It was hoped that the announcement of the appointment of Major General Yoav Galant as the 20th chief of general staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) would bring an end to the “Galantgate” scandal. This episode involved the release of a PR document into the public domain which, it turns out, is a forgery. [...]
Categories: Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Operation Cast Lead, Politics
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Israel’s relationship with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been tenuous to say the least. The BBC has been accused in the past by Israel and Israelis of adopting an anti-Israel stand at every opportunity. This attitude, it seems, is a simple extension of the view adopted by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office which [...]
Categories: Gaza Strip, Humanitarian Aid, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Protestors, Turkey
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Around 10:30am on August 3rd, a group of IDF soldiers was clearing brush long the Israel-Lebanon border fence when a sniper began firing. The Israelis were reportedly in two groups, and the more senior officers from the group were the ones that took completely unprovoked fire.
Categories: Hezbollah, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Lebanon, Security, Terrorism
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It has been a tough week for the Israeli Air Force (IAF), and for the State of Israel in general. We have finally buried six of our brightest and most talented young men who were killed during a helicopter crash in Romania during an air training exercise there. The exercise turned into a full search [...]
Categories: Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Security
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Six Israeli Air Force (IAF) personnel and one Romanian serviceman were reported missing on Monday afternoon after an Israeli helicopter crashed in the Romanian mountains in bad weather. The helicopter was flying at low altitude while taking part in “Blue Sky 2010″, a joint Israeli and Romanian aviation exercise which was due to last 11 [...]
Categories: Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
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Hat tip to Elder of Ziyon for posting this first. Who says that Hebron is a war zone?
Categories: Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
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Iranian president Ahmadinejad never loses an opportunity to criticise Israel or to suggest that the “Zionist entity” has no legitimate place on the world map. Although other leaders around the world, even the western world, may hold the same views, none has the audacity of the Iranian president to make these statements in such a [...]
Categories: Anti-Semitism, Genocide, Holocaust, Iran, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Zionism
Turkey is a key air route for Israeli civilian and military aircraft to reach Europe and parts of Asia. Israeli planes cannot safely cross Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, or Iran. Because of the limited travel routes, Israeli planes almost all cross Turkey to fly north or east.
Categories: Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Transportation, Turkey
So why did Turkey not mention that a boat full of armed terrorists was on the way? They most likely knew, but kept it a secret. Because of Israel’s policy of not operating against friendly nations, Turkey had an opportunity to throw Israel under the bus.
Categories: Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Mossad, Security, Turkey
The Israeli military has successfully prevented a terrorist attack in process by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Gaza. In a much less publicized success story than the recent flotilla incident, four terrorists were killed and a fifth was injured. The Israeli Navy approached a small boat “a few hundred meters” off of the Gaza coast [...]
Categories: Fatah/Palestinian Liberation Oragnization (PLO), Gaza Strip, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Security
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